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Greek Theater Throughout History
theater mask, 1st century BC
Mask dating from the 4th/3rd century BC, Stoa of Attalos
Olga Tribulato as Tiresias and Marta Zlatic as Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, 2004
The patron of the theater
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Origins
Difference between Greek and Modern Theaters
- Greek tragedy as we know it was created in Athens around the time of 532 BC, when Thespis was the earliest recorded actor.
- By Thespis' time the dithyramb had evolved far away from its cult roots. Under the influence of heroic epic, Doric choral lyric and the innovations of the poet Arion, it had become a narrative, ballad-like genre.
- Because of these, Thespis is often called the "Father of Tragedy"
- Thespis is sometimes listed as late as 16th in the chronological order of Greek tragedians
Athens Then (continued)
Nicole DeLeonardo
- There are in fact many differences for example
- layout, special effects, seating arrangement, the importance of drama and religion, setting, location and architectural features.
Tragedy (late 5th century BC), comedy (490 BC), and the satyr play were the three dramatic genres to emerge there. Athens exported the festival to its numerous colonies and allies in order to promote a common cultural identity.
Athens Then
Greek Theater Today
- Why does Greek tragedy speak to us today?
- our age is an era of great confidence in the progress of science and knowledge: Greek tragedy ruthlessly exposes the pretensions in human claims to control and certainty.
- Just like the 5th century BC, our age is obsessed with the brutal realities of war and the rhetoric of politicians: Greek tragedy anatomies this tension with painful insight
- ancient Greece 700 BC
- became a significant cultural, political, and military power during this period
- where theater was institutionalized as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which honored the god Dionysus.
Intro
Today it is widely believed that theater first began in ancient Greece, the evidence people used to come to this conclusion was from ancient Greek plays, Greek art and architecture.
Masks
- the classical masks were able to create a sense of dread in the audience
- created large scale panic
- had intensely exaggerated facial features and expressions
- enabled an actor to appear and reappear in several different roles
- prevented the audience from identifying the actor to one specific character
- variations of the masks help the audience to distinguish sex, age, and social status
- also revealing a change in a particular character’s appearance