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TIMELINE OF THEATER ARTS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS
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THEATER
By: Francis Dimatatac
Primitive Theater
Primitive
drama is simply an imitation of actions or ideas, so many theories suggest that the first dramatic stories were probably told by primitive tribes who would return from the hunt and reenact the events for the rest of the tribe.
Over time, it may have become a ritual, and the performance might have taken place before the hunt. Like most rituals, the shaman, the religious leader of the tribe, would have eventually overseen it, and it would have become a sort of religious or spiritual celebration. This could have set the stage for theater for the next several hundred years.
Greek Theater
Greek
Greeks embraced theater as a means to worship their mythical gods. In doing this, they transformed drama from a ritual into sort of a ritual-drama and held festivals in honor of the Greek god of wine and fertility, Dionysus.
These early plays were performed by a group of men and boys called a chorus. The chorus worked as a group to provide commentary on the action of the story. But even with the introduction of individual actors, the chorus still remained in the background, acting as narrators providing insight to the action on stage and the character's thoughts.
The Middle Ages
Middle Ages
Theater continued to be popular through the fall of the Roman Empire. With the onset of the Middle Ages from 500-1500 A.D., however, the Church had different views of the mythological gods and saw theater as evil. Most theater was outlawed, and drama was only performed by traveling groups of actors.
Morality plays, which featured a hero who must overcome evil, were allegorical in nature. In the case of the morality plays, the hero represented mankind. The other characters served as personifications of many things, including the Seven Deadly Sins, death, virtues and even angels and demons - anything that wanted to take over mankind's soul. In the end, the hero would choose the godly route.
The Renaissance
Renaissance
In the case of drama, the Renaissance, which lasted from approximately 1400-1700, was the rebirth of interest in theater across Europe. In fact, the Renaissance introduced many of the elements we still think of when we imagine a theater: indoor theaters, an arched stage, a curtain dropped between scenes, more elaborate set design. All of these changes were implemented during the Renaissance. More importantly, however, the purpose of drama transitioned from stories told by the Church to stories made primarily for entertainment for both royalty and commoners.
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