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Greek Theatre
Max Kresek
Drew Christensen
Dakota Lugo
Matthew Lenihan
What is Greek Theatre
It was a tradition and gathering of people to enjoy Plays,eat
grapes and drink wine.
It was popular between 600-200BC.
Some categories that took place were Tragedy, comedy, and
satyr were some of the earliest theatrical forms in the world.
There is still a lasting impact on the world especially in western
culture from these genres.
Men in masks were only able to perform and go to the event.
Women were banned.
Comedy Plays
Comedy plays were derived from imitation. Aristophanes wrote
most of the comedy plays, out of these 11 plays survivedLysistrata.
Most of the plays took place before the classical age.
They were high spirited and typically had songs,dances,fooling
around,outspoken language and seemed like they were
always a guaranteed good time.
The first comedy play was in athens and was a religious festival
of dionysus.
The characters started off with only one man and evolved into
many people.
Greek Tragedy plays
Trageplays often dealt with love,loss pride, abuse
and power.
Popular themes that took place were stories of
the gods. These are where some of the stories
of the gods you hear today may of came from.
great playwrights were Aeschylus, Sophocles and
euripides
Greek Satyr plays
Short plays that were a mix between tragedy and
comedy.
They often made fun of the characters in tragedies.
They used mythical half human,half goat figures.
Few examples of these plays still exist and are often
characterised under comedy drama
Greek Theatre Presentations
The greeks would hold festivals at theaters to
worship their gods. The plays were performed by
drunken men dressed in goat skins, they would
dance and sing in choruses. Historians believe
that the greeks copied the theater from the ancient
egyptians. Three main playwrights during this time
were Sophocles who wrote Antigone , Euripides,
and Aeschylus.
Athens greek theater Dionysus
The theatre of Dionysus is regarded as the first
sample of greek theatres and the birthplace of
the greek drama. It was the first built theater in
the world.
Some of the reason for theater is dedicated to
dionysus patron of the theater. He is half
brother to apollo and is often at the the heart of
a frenzy of savage murder
Bibliography
1.http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071120092941
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2.hhtp//www.greekmytholagy.comother/Outher_gods/
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