Thea 241 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is theatre influenced by? - Answer-paintings on cave walls- animals hunted and rituals beginnings foundations for western thea - Answer-started with greeks, second romans Greatest influences of western thea - Answer-greeks, Elizabeth renaissance, 20th C thinkers of thea - Answer-Homer Thespics aeschylus sophocles euripides Thespics - Answer-first to use 1 actor aeschylus - Answer-gave us 2nd actor sophocles - Answer-gave us 3rd actor euripides - Answer-from the goat- g-ds, cathar...

What is theatre? - Answer-Communication, subjective, live storytelling, conflict and resolution, education, course, transfer of information, entertainment, business, collaborative art form, interactive, building, holding mirror, scope (theatre of war), soapbox, human experience, opinion, place to see live performance, career, improvisation Theatre started with _____ first & _____ second - Answer-Greeks, Romans Greatest influence for western theatre - Answer-Greeks, Elizabethan Renaissance, ...