The Early Theatre Greek Theatre Timeline 399 Trial

The Early Theatre Greek Theatre

Timeline

399 Trial and death of Socrates c. 380's Plato's Republic includes critique of Greek tragedy and comedy c. 330's Aristotle's Poetics includes defense of Greek tragedy and comedy

Greek Theatre Emerges Dionysus Dithyramb Thespis Tragedy

religion The City Dionysia Tragedy Comedy Satyr play City Dionysia

Greek Mythology Herakles

Notable People The Father of Greek Drama Father of Dramatic Criticism The Poetics

climax King Oedipus Modern Realism Melodrama

Comic fifth

Notable Plays

The Chorus twelve Tragedy fifteen Twenty- four unison

Masks The masks made it easier for people sitting in the highest parts of the Theatron to see the characters facial expressions, which were built into the mask. Their were often fewer actors that their were parts in the play, so the masks allowed for one actor to play multiple parts with the change of a mask. Masks were built so that the mouth would project the sound of the actor’s voice all the way up to the top rows of the Theatron.

Architecture of Greek Theatres Theatron Koilon Orchestra Parados Proscenium Skene Diazoma Parados

The Early Theatre Roman Theatre

Historical Background Greek Theatre entertainment comedy

Ludi Romani Zeus 700

Architecture of Roman Theatres Scaena Vomitorium Orchestra Proskene

Notable People Comic Entertain Comic Characterization Tragic

Ars Poetica

Notable Plays

Roman Theatre Production government dominus unofficial

Seating Area Orchestra Vomitorium Proskene Scaena

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