Intro to Greek Theater - Caldwell County Schools
... concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'. ...
... concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'. ...
Introduction to Greek Drama
... concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'. ...
... concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'. ...
6 comic dramatists besides Aristophanes (his is the only extant work)
... moulds for many Roman, Elizabethan and modern comedies. The historical development of comedy was not as well recorded as that of tragedy. Aristotle notes in The Poetics that before his own time comedy was considered trivial and common -- though when it was finally recognized as an art form, the orph ...
... moulds for many Roman, Elizabethan and modern comedies. The historical development of comedy was not as well recorded as that of tragedy. Aristotle notes in The Poetics that before his own time comedy was considered trivial and common -- though when it was finally recognized as an art form, the orph ...
Greek Theatre Glossary DRAM1B File
... Athens. The great period of Greek drama, between the Sixth and Fourth Centuries, B.C., is known as the Attic Period. Drama itself was invented by an Attic actor, Thespis, who introduced speaking parts to accompany choral odes. Catharsis In literature and art, a purification of emotions. The Greek ph ...
... Athens. The great period of Greek drama, between the Sixth and Fourth Centuries, B.C., is known as the Attic Period. Drama itself was invented by an Attic actor, Thespis, who introduced speaking parts to accompany choral odes. Catharsis In literature and art, a purification of emotions. The Greek ph ...
The Greek Theater II. Performance C. Costume: Actors wore long
... C. Civic Duty - Because the Festival of Dionysus served as a ritual to honor the god, attending the theater was a religious duty and ...
... C. Civic Duty - Because the Festival of Dionysus served as a ritual to honor the god, attending the theater was a religious duty and ...
The Chorus - Marblehead Public Schools
... * Chorus comes from Greek “to dance” * Actor’s job to answer to the chorus * Chorus also all male – would sing lines and dance simultaneously ...
... * Chorus comes from Greek “to dance” * Actor’s job to answer to the chorus * Chorus also all male – would sing lines and dance simultaneously ...
Theater in the Roman World
... features that helped to convey the nature of their characters • Costumes for comedies were simple – a tunic, a cloak (long for female characters, short for male characters) and a mask; actors in tragedies were often costumed in a more complex way • A periaktos (a wooden pyramid that revolved) was pl ...
... features that helped to convey the nature of their characters • Costumes for comedies were simple – a tunic, a cloak (long for female characters, short for male characters) and a mask; actors in tragedies were often costumed in a more complex way • A periaktos (a wooden pyramid that revolved) was pl ...
Ancient Greek Theater
... speaking actors to the performances of choral song and dance which occurred on many occasions throughout Greece. (That's why actors are sometimes called 'thespians'.) Masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 12,000 or more at festivals in honor of Dionysos, the god of theat ...
... speaking actors to the performances of choral song and dance which occurred on many occasions throughout Greece. (That's why actors are sometimes called 'thespians'.) Masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 12,000 or more at festivals in honor of Dionysos, the god of theat ...
Evolution of Theatre
... conquering Germanic peoples • Roman Catholic church dominated religion, education and often politics • Church was a vital part of civic, economic and religious life • Common people were kept ignorant and illiterate to have power over them ...
... conquering Germanic peoples • Roman Catholic church dominated religion, education and often politics • Church was a vital part of civic, economic and religious life • Common people were kept ignorant and illiterate to have power over them ...
Roman - Chiles Theatre!
... conquering Germanic peoples • Roman Catholic church dominated religion, education and often politics • Church was a vital part of civic, economic and religious life • Common people were kept ignorant and illiterate to have power over them ...
... conquering Germanic peoples • Roman Catholic church dominated religion, education and often politics • Church was a vital part of civic, economic and religious life • Common people were kept ignorant and illiterate to have power over them ...
Objectives
... 1. At the foot of the seating area of the theatre of Dionysus was a flat circular area where the actors performed. This was called the: A. orchestra *B. skene C. mecchane D. ekkyklema 2. Poetics, written by _________________________________, describes the six elements of drama. A. Sophocles B. Socra ...
... 1. At the foot of the seating area of the theatre of Dionysus was a flat circular area where the actors performed. This was called the: A. orchestra *B. skene C. mecchane D. ekkyklema 2. Poetics, written by _________________________________, describes the six elements of drama. A. Sophocles B. Socra ...
Lecture Topics
... 10. Which of the following is true of the Greek Chorus? *A. Its importance in tragedy decreased during the fifth century. B. Its importance in tragedy increased during the fifth century. C. It was made up of both male and female actors. D. It was always made up of realistic characters. 11. The first ...
... 10. Which of the following is true of the Greek Chorus? *A. Its importance in tragedy decreased during the fifth century. B. Its importance in tragedy increased during the fifth century. C. It was made up of both male and female actors. D. It was always made up of realistic characters. 11. The first ...
Greek Drama PPT - Glassboro Public Schools
... Setup of Greek Theatre • Orchestra area where chorus danced; at foot of semicircular hillside where stone benches were built. • Theatron area where audience sat on benches. • Parados two broad aisles extending from the orchestra to each side of the theatron. • Skene rectangular building wit ...
... Setup of Greek Theatre • Orchestra area where chorus danced; at foot of semicircular hillside where stone benches were built. • Theatron area where audience sat on benches. • Parados two broad aisles extending from the orchestra to each side of the theatron. • Skene rectangular building wit ...
greek worksheet from robert cohen book answer key
... sequence – trilogy of tragedies (cast of gods, demigods and historical figures) followed by satyr play ...
... sequence – trilogy of tragedies (cast of gods, demigods and historical figures) followed by satyr play ...
Black Comedy--Comedy that tests the boundaries of good taste and
... gestures, movement, facial expressions, and costuming; often includes information about lighting, props, music, sound effects and when/where action is to take place. ...
... gestures, movement, facial expressions, and costuming; often includes information about lighting, props, music, sound effects and when/where action is to take place. ...
English Restoration Theatre
... • Influences of Italian scenic designs incorporated – first public performance with changeable scenery was used • Considered the first English opera • First public performance in which actresses appeared on stage ...
... • Influences of Italian scenic designs incorporated – first public performance with changeable scenery was used • Considered the first English opera • First public performance in which actresses appeared on stage ...
English Restoration Theatre
... • Influences of Italian scenic designs incorporated – first public performance with changeable scenery was used • Considered the first English opera • First public performance in which actresses appeared on stage ...
... • Influences of Italian scenic designs incorporated – first public performance with changeable scenery was used • Considered the first English opera • First public performance in which actresses appeared on stage ...
Greek Theatre DRAM1B File
... playwriting and performing. These competitions were not only held in their own towns, but also in competition with other towns. Theatre was a big, big deal. Because so many people came to see the plays, the Greeks built huge outdoor theatres on hillsides, so that people could be seated in a way that ...
... playwriting and performing. These competitions were not only held in their own towns, but also in competition with other towns. Theatre was a big, big deal. Because so many people came to see the plays, the Greeks built huge outdoor theatres on hillsides, so that people could be seated in a way that ...
Theatre before Shakespeare
... The owner of the land would not renew the lease. He saw how much money could be made from plays, and he wanted to have the theatre for himself. There was a “loophole” (*) in the lease: this was a very important item written in the “small print”. It said that at the end of the 21 years the Burbages c ...
... The owner of the land would not renew the lease. He saw how much money could be made from plays, and he wanted to have the theatre for himself. There was a “loophole” (*) in the lease: this was a very important item written in the “small print”. It said that at the end of the 21 years the Burbages c ...
Early Theatre
... Storytellers preserved a cultures history. The rituals of these early cultures often involved ...
... Storytellers preserved a cultures history. The rituals of these early cultures often involved ...
theatre history test review: greece
... § Episodes and Stasimons occur multiple times until the play reaches it’s conclusion o Exodus – A summation by the Chorus on the theme and wisdom of the play • Know the Three Playwrights of the Go ...
... § Episodes and Stasimons occur multiple times until the play reaches it’s conclusion o Exodus – A summation by the Chorus on the theme and wisdom of the play • Know the Three Playwrights of the Go ...
Ruskin notes on sessions from SC
... his view that dictionaries, including even the great OED, are limited when seeking to define these key words? The KW and New KW essays, adding interpretative commentary, are then an advance? These are, or should be, our words constantly challenged and up-dated…? 2. Views on RWF's new KW project. (Vi ...
... his view that dictionaries, including even the great OED, are limited when seeking to define these key words? The KW and New KW essays, adding interpretative commentary, are then an advance? These are, or should be, our words constantly challenged and up-dated…? 2. Views on RWF's new KW project. (Vi ...
The Forms of Drama
... 28. This genre relies on authentic evidence as the basis for portraying recent events. p. 38 29. Identified by its extensive musical score this genre is considered America's greatest contribution to the theatre. pp. 38-9 30. Which critical work analyzed a play through its division into parts? p. 40 ...
... 28. This genre relies on authentic evidence as the basis for portraying recent events. p. 38 29. Identified by its extensive musical score this genre is considered America's greatest contribution to the theatre. pp. 38-9 30. Which critical work analyzed a play through its division into parts? p. 40 ...
Tragedy
Tragedy (from the Greek: τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing. While many cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term tragedy often refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western civilization. That tradition has been multiple and discontinuous, yet the term has often been used to invoke a powerful effect of cultural identity and historical continuity—""the Greeks and the Elizabethans, in one cultural form; Hellenes and Christians, in a common activity,"" as Raymond Williams puts it.From its origins in the theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago, from which there survives only a fraction of the work of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, through its singular articulations in the works of Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, Racine, and Schiller, to the more recent naturalistic tragedy of Strindberg, Beckett's modernist meditations on death, loss and suffering, Müller's postmodernist reworkings of the tragic canon, and Joshua Oppenheimer's incorporation of tragic pathos in his nonfiction film, The Act of Killing, tragedy has remained an important site of cultural experimentation, negotiation, struggle, and change. A long line of philosophers—which includes Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Voltaire, Hume, Diderot, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, Benjamin, Camus, Lacan, and Deleuze—have analysed, speculated upon, and criticised the tragic form.In the wake of Aristotle's Poetics (335 BCE), tragedy has been used to make genre distinctions, whether at the scale of poetry in general (where the tragic divides against epic and lyric) or at the scale of the drama (where tragedy is opposed to comedy). In the modern era, tragedy has also been defined against drama, melodrama, the tragicomic, and epic theatre. Drama, in the narrow sense, cuts across the traditional division between comedy and tragedy in an anti- or a-generic deterritorialization from the mid-19th century onwards. Both Bertolt Brecht and Augusto Boal define their epic theatre projects (non-Aristotelian drama and Theatre of the Oppressed respectively) against models of tragedy. Taxidou, however, reads epic theatre as an incorporation of tragic functions and its treatments of mourning and speculation.