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The Evolution of Theatre
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Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Develops themes of universal relevance
Intro to Theater Arts History Presentation
by Taryn Colby
Who is the Greek God of fertility and wine that was honored through a series of theater festivals?
Who adapted and expanded New Comedy?
In liturgical drama staging, what are the small scenic structures called that indicate place or location?
The 26 surviving Roman comedies were produced by Plautus and Terence
The Evolution of Theatre
The Roman Theatre
Mainly concentrates on productions between 205 and 159 B.C.
Ancient Greece
Roman Theatre
Plautus
Terence
Medieval Period
Ancient Greece
The Medieval Period
"a culture that considered theatre its highest form of expression"
The setting for the Valenciennes Passion Play (1547)
Works Cited
Greek Comedy
City Dionysia
One of the most important occasions of the year and a major showcase for Athenian wealth and power.
New Comedy was adapted and expanded by the Romans
- Brockett, Oscar and Ball, Robert. The Essential Theatre enhanced 10th edition (p. 21, 5, 63-64, 74, 77, 80, 85, 90)
- Image 1 - https://twentytwowords.com/facts-about-classical-greece/
- Image 2 - Brockett, Oscar G., and Franklin J. Hildy. History of the Theatre. Boston: Pearson, 2008. Print.
- Images:
- http://images.france-for-visitors.com/images/large/orange-theatre2.jpg
- http://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/lit/cla364-1-2006/01groupone/images/theatron.jpg
- Image 3 - https://bibliolore.org/2012/01/01/a-new-years-liturgical-drama/
- Image 4 - https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~mclennan/Classes/US210/City-Dionysia.html
- Image 5 - https://www.livius.org/articles/person/aristophanes/
- Image 6 - https://www.college.columbia.edu/core/content/oedipus-rex
- Image 7 - http://www.theworldsclassics.org/2016/09/plautus-roman-comic-playwright-c-254.html
- Image 8 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87163099/terence
- Image 9 - http://www.theatrehistory.com/medieval/medieval001.html
- Image 10 - https://department.monm.edu/theatre/rankin/classes/THEA171/Lectures/medieval%20mansions.htm
- Image 11 - https://www.keepcalmandposters.com/poster/5746327_thank_you_for_listening_and_watching_my_presentation
Staging
Mansions - small scenic structures that indicate place or location
Aristophanes - playwright to 11 of the only comedies that survived Old Comedy.
Liturgical Drama
Platea - general acting area, adjacent to the mansion(s)
Oedipus Rex
Performed throughout most of western Europe until the 16th century
One of the most admired plays in ancient Greece