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THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA - Coggle Diagram
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA
ORIGINS
THE ORIGIN OF THE THEATRE IN BRITAIN ARE LINKED TO MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION
ESPECIALLY TO COMMEMORATE GREAT CHRISTIAN EVENTS
THESE PERFORMANCE TOOK PLACE IN THE NAVE OF CHURCHES AT FRIST
BUT SOON THEY MOVED OUTSIDE
THIS MEANT THAT LATIN WAS REPLACED WITH ENGLISH
AND LAY PEOPLE TOOK THE PLACE OF MONKS AND PRIESTS IN THESE PERFORMANCES
WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS MYSTERY PLAYS
REASONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
DRAMA BECAME THE MAIN FORM OF ELIZABETHAN ART
THE ELIZABETHAN AGE WAS CHARACTERISED BY A WIDE A RANGE OF INTERESTS AND VITALITY OF LENGUAGE
ENTERTAINMENT WAS ROOTED IN THE COMMUNAL FILE OF MEDIEVAL TOWNS AND VILLAGES
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES WERE ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF LONDON
SO THEATRES WERE INCREASINGLY BUILT ON THE SOUTH BANK, EASILY ACCESSIBLE ACROSS THE THAMES
THE STRUCTURE OF ELIZABETHAN THEATRES
JAMES BURBAGE BUILT THE FRIST PERMANENT THEATRES
THE THEARTE AND THE CURTAIN
PERMANENT THEATRES WERE CIRCULAR OR OCTAGONAL
WITHIN THE WALLS THERE WERE THREE TIERS OF ROOFED GALLERIES
THE STAGE IS KNOWN AS AN APRON STAGE
NO MORE THAN TWELVE ACTOR COULD APPEAR ON STAGE AT THE SAME TIME
OVER THE STAGE THE SHASOW PROTECTED THE PLAYERS FROM THE RAIN
IN THE FRONT OF THE STAGE THERE WAS A TRAP DOOR USED FOR DEVILISH APPARITIONS AND DISAPPARANCES
TIRING HOUSE IS THE PLACE WHERE THE ACTORS CHANGED THEIR COSTUMES
THERE WERE TWO DOORS FOR ENTANCES AND EXITS, BEHIND THE STAGE THERE WAS AN INNER STAGE