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Theatre :, The first known European theatres were in Greece from about 600…
Theatre :
greek "theaton" - a place of seeing :
The stories of theatre dramas goes back to the creation of The Pyramid texts, which survive from the reigns. All these texts were theatrically represented by the priests.
history can be traced to Egyptian religious ritualistic drama
building where performances take place
Texts are not available to us, but we can trace the plots from Egyptian myths
The theater of ancient Egypt and its famous Play, the text of this play does not exist (Osiris Passion Play ) Not all facts about Egyptian theater are established
There were many types of drama in Egypt: the Pyramid Texts, the Coronation Festival Plays, Heb Seds, Passion Plays, Medicinal Play.
Bread, crowns, flowers, sceptres, wine, grain, beer, eye-paint, poultry
egyptian theatre - legends, ritual texts, ritual songs
Two types of drama: tragedy and comedy
greek theatre used existing landscape
greeks visited a festival every spring to honor Dionysus
tragedy means "tragos"(goat) and "ode"(song)
Used costumes and [masks
Greek theatre had 2 types of comedy: Old Comedy (Cratinus and Aristophanes) and New Comedy (Menander)
It was nwssecery to use gestures
Famous Greek actor - Thespis
In 14 th century devil became an antagonist
Only men acted in Shakespeare's theatre, even female roles. Women appeared only in 17th century.
Comfort in the Shakespeare's theare was quite expensive
The first known European theatres were in Greece from about 600 Be history. The earliest Greek theatres were open spaces, devoted to the god Dionysus.
Church used theatre as a way to teach commoners the Bible
Bible stories = mystery plays
The fisrt theatre was built like a larger version of a pageant
For reach and poor people
More actors were needed in the 13th century, so guilds were responsible for each story.
On 11-th century the clergy members played the Bible stories outside the cathedrals. Soon they moved out to the streets, and then to buildings by the wheeled vehicles.
Bread
