Theatre of ancient Greece

continues to be a use in telling stories or reaching out to specific audiences. We must ask ourselves, “What was Religion’s main use & significance in Theatre Culture?” I’ve chosen this topic because the subject is talked about briefly. We just know the basics that religion was used heavily in theatre when performed in front of audiences. Religion is still used today in theatre and movies as it was used in Greek theatre beginning around 532 BCE. I believe is a very important topic to be discussed because it’s rarely talked about. Religion is a very important aspect of theatre because the first theatre stories recorded and told had huge ties to religion.…

creations, and concepts that theatre has expanded through the years; many times not losing its original essence. In this paper I will discuss the various staging conventions in different periods of theatre history, such as the conventions of the Greek, Roman, and Elizabethan eras. I will continue to discuss staging conventions by analyzing and comparing different plays to these eras including Trojan Women by Euripides, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn, and The Taming of…

The stage, the most important and definite fact, when it comes to stagecraft and theatre, there is no play without a stage, unless of course you are a mime, The stage has changed over the years, as well as the materials, technologies, and knowledge needed to create fully functioning theatres. Dating back to early Greece, marks the beginning of Theatre as a whole. The city-state of Athens is where western theatre originated.It was part of a broader culture of theatricality and performance in…

The story of Medea, written by the Greek poet Euripides, is about a woman who goes on a vengeful killing spree, after being scorned by her husband, Jason. Having already killed prior to that her scorn fed her murderous impulses. Her worldview indicates that she prays to the gods/goddess to go unpunished for her sins. She seeks out revenge for those who have caused her pain. As a result, Medea believes that revenge is justified. Medea seeks revenge to justify how her husband Jason has mocked…

The play that I selected was The Persians by Aeschylus translated by George Theodoridis copyright in 2009 with the rights reserved by Bacchicstage. The characters in this play include Xeres, who was the King of Persia at the time and is presented in the play as a dejected king who was responsible for the downfall of Persia because of his young rash decisions to go to war with the Greeks. When described by the ghost of his father, Darius, he is presented as a young king who would do anything to…

GREEK TRAGEDY Καλημερα! Today, I decided to take you on a journey through time and space. If you agree, we are now going to leave Australia and catch a flight whose final destination is Athens in the beginning of the fifth century BC. This century was Athens’ Golden Age: it was a political hegemony (ο ηγεμων, ονος : one who leads) which means supremacy, and its economy was growing, but what I am going to speak about today has to do with Athens’ cultural blossoming. The fifth century was the time…

area on the ground level which was enclosed on three sides of the theatron which was known as the orchestra. The chorus assembled in the orchestra and remained there for the whole play. The flute player and the harpist were also seated in the corner of the orchestra. A wooden structure, known as the skene, stood on the side of the orchestra for dressing room purposes. The three doors of the skene were used as an entrance and exit passage from the acts. The proscenium was a level area in front of…

“Then they came to the tree from when Okonkwo’s body was dangling and they stopped dead,” (Achebe 207). This shows us that Okonkwo made himself look “soft” and not like the tough person he said he was because of the fact that he technically gave up on himself. This not only had a negative impact on him, but the clan as well. There were many things that Okonkwo did to show that he was not a leader, but showed that he was a weak person. Some of these things were he blocked out his emotions almost…

Aristotle was a famous disciple of Plato who first defines fine arts and he differs with his teacher Plato in his book of Poetic. His Poetic deals with the principles of Poetic art in general and tragedy. He defines Tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude” (Aristotle, 2017). He also constituent parts of tragedy and they are plot, characters, thought, diction, song and spectacle. The first three plot, characters and thought are the object of…

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King presents the tragic story and life of the once highly acclaimed king named Oedipus. During the time the drama was produced, the Greeks were fascinated with the idea of a “tragic hero”—a man whose greatness and power eventually caused the downfall of the character. In Oedipus the King, the chorus served as one of the most important characters in relaying this ironic idea. The chorus was a specialized group of up to 50 men who danced and animated specific scenes during…