i'm looking for the name of that piece of drama/art with a happy face and a sad face?

Question

It is displayed all over in theaters, representing drama and comedy. What is that known as?

Answer 1

I just typed: Drama Masks
into the search engine and got bunches of pics:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?ei=UTF-8&p=drama%20masks&fr=ush-ans&fr2=tab-web

Here's some history from Wikipedia, stating that the masks are called "Sock and Buskin":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_and_Tragedy_The_Theater_Masks_named_Sock_and_Buskin

"Comedy and Tragedy Masks

The comedy and tragedy masks have their origin in the theatre of ancient Greece. The masks were used to show the emotions of the characters in a play, and also to allow actors to switch between roles and play characters of a different gender. The earliest plays were called Satyrs; they were parodies of myths. Their style was much like what we know as Burlesque.

The actors in these plays that had tragic roles wore a boot called a buskin that elevated them above the other actors. The actors with comedic roles only wore a thin soled shoe called a sock.

In order to play female roles, actors wore a “prosterneda” (a wooden structure in front of the chest, to imitate female breasts) and “progastreda” in front of the belly.

Melpomene is the muse of tragedy and is often depicted holding the tragic mask and wearing buskins. Thalia is the muse of comedy and is similarly associated with the mask of comedy and comic’s socks. Some people refer to the masks as “Sock and Buskin.”

Answer 2

I always look sad. Whenever I have a relaxed face in school, about 5 people come up to me in the hallways asking me if I'm okay and what happened, when nothing is going on. It's funny but sort of annoying at the same time.

Answer 3

They represent masks. Theater was born in ancient Greece, and the first actors were all men. When they performed, they would always use masks. They even played female characters. Comedy and Tragedy were the genres that Greek playwrights developed.

Answer 4

The masks of comedy and tragedy.

Answer 5

comedy and tragedy

Answer 6

a face crying and laughing

Answer 7

SARAH PLAIN AND TALL