Ancient Greek Theatre Research Paper

Theatre allows people of a society to gather as a community. it allows human creativity to flourish and be expressed and it explores human issues in a meaningful way. Modern Theatre would not be where it is today without the influence of Ancient Greece, but Ancient Greek Theatre and Modern Theatre do have many differences from each other, because time changes point of views, and time improves things through new ideas, technology, and so much more. The fundamentals of Ancient Greek Theatre are just the beginning of showing the differences it has with Modern Theatre. Theatre in Ancient Greece was originally performed as a tribute to Dionysus, he was the God of fertility and wine. The performance was a huge festival in the City Dionysia, that was held once a year and the whole entire city would come out for it. Many different plays would have been performed and the crowd vocally critiqued their views on the plays, and then at the end of the festival, the playwright with the best play would win. At first, the only type of shows that were performed were tragedies, then soon in 487 BCE, …show more content…
Satyrs were known as goat men that were drinking friends with Dionysus, and they were known for their manipulative and mischievous behavior, which created their plays to be mischievous comedies. Tragedies would be based more on mythology, mainly mythical heroes that would let their pride, or hubris, get in the way and cause them many obstacles in their life. While the comedies would be related to current events, they would criticize the people and ideas using sarcasm. The Greek Dramas followed many themes and the play would have a moral that would involve how life should be lived by an individual in that time. Modern theatre plays are more free, they can have both tragedy and comedy features, as well as music, creating musical theatre or opera, or they could involve dancing, like