Origins of theatre greek done for festivals at playwright contests choregus like a producer had money and gave it to playwrites so they can produce plays cultural context polytheistic religion many gods 12 main ones subjects about intellectual debates socrities plato asistotle fate dont mess with it and believed it was real justice innocent until proven guilty democracy 1 person balance order and harmony had to be in everything around 18th and 19th centry BCE a greek verson of shawmansism developed They had dirhyrams and they did a drunk dance chant fertility ritual that celebrated the birth of the win god Bionysus SATYR man goat Wore this costume during chant This was all a religious deal Became known as SATYR PLAYS And virgins were sacrificed to priest it was suppose to be an honor the chorus all men danced around 30 50 men thespis stepped out of the course 1st documented guy to do it people liked it masks huge stone heavy Used to show ppl that were far away the theatron the place of seeing go to witness the place of festival Layout theatron seats or house orchestra dancing place dithyrams danced there Parados kind of like an isle Proskvenion where the main actors stand Skene Only 2 playwrights we know about from the time Aeschylus know for oresteia Based on agamemnon lination bearers and the eumenides something about Troy ilium helen marrying and killing family Writes about heros and kings Sophocles wrote about kings but how they were flawed Wrote oedupus at coriolanus oedipus Rex and antigone wrote this one first son is going to kill you then marry wife antigone was daughter Euripides wrote about women Medea princess Aristophanes writes satires makes fun of government way of life His plays the frogs lysistrata comedy Conventions of greek drama 3 actors played all roles only men used masks Chorus went from 20 30 15 stayed at 15 Chorus tells everything like a narrator Also questions characters and gives the views of the audience Stage machines Machane crane used on stage to provide for deus ex machina god as machine god chooses to save a character then crane comes and lifts someone to heaven ekyklema like a wagon but had axis and rotated They didnt have offstage violence masks moved to terracotta although still big Play structure plot characterization developing individual characters full acts pythos emotios Cathatsis emotional climax emotional release Aristotles 6 elements plot character thought theme spine language diction song spectacle lecture about antigone masks moved to terracotta still big preserve history like music still performed handle cant duplicate so directors set own concept new random lecture bride goeth before the fall hubris thinking above law fate getting away w murder Clinton did not have sexual relations conscience vs law what you think what the gov thinks is right and wrong ex abortion st protests tyranny vs freedom primary research 1 step th th th and 16 centuries and some 17 Renaissance history 15 means rebirth renewal interest of Greek and roman began in Italy and England as last to join b c it was farther away from other countries Spain was the last to quit religion i think Romans theater flourished in rome romans stole Greek ideas of many gods theater space and plays Romans do their own version of madiea but they use on stage violence romans built theatre space on flat sites and built up from there similarities elevated seats skene orchestra thrust difference Romans dont have proskenion or parados they have door ways instead romans have vomitorium make self throw up so can eat more became entrances and exits romans were brutal and violent even for comedy st century B C E theatre of orange 1 roman coliseum famous thing had water fights 50 ft drops for ships equestrian stuff and acrobats and bunches of crazy stuff there Middle ages pagent wagons like a float kinda Moves around cause people didnt go to church So it was liturgical drama religious churches didn t wanna pay for it so they had guilds and they would pay leather mans guild for example did adam and eve they made body suits so they could look like they were naked each guild did a different story from creation to Revelation wakefield and chester cycle 2 of the 4 the stages had trap doors they were used for hell people could also rise up 3 types of plays Mystery cycle plays bible miracle plays saints merality plays taught right and wrong no character names only traits such as love and the 7 deadly sins The versuvious man renaissance man goal for people in that time good at everything elizabethan age queen elizabeth includes her father and 2 monarchs who followed James and Charles Charles got beheaded the elizabethean worldview bible printed so now people can read Everything changes people want to know about history cultures Happy and optimistic people theatres privet out side of the city ones did plays like Shakespeare and cool stuff In city did church stuff because puritans had control of city playhouses stopped paying attention get notes Globe 3 stories high hold up to 3 000 rectangular stage platform Original burnt down was first play done in new so now is it mile away from the original Henry the 5 one Swan rose hope were the other theatres stages had trap door on floor hell groundlings yard openings like a concert tiring houses dressing room but it was where the skene was middle of stage Noble patrons gave to playwrights so they could be produced Like producers Lord chamberlin gave a lot of money might have been Shakespeare performances no women Women pretend to be men Young teenager boys played women Breech roles females that dress like women check for sure on this performances during day light Setting was changed by announcement Costumes were donated by patrons Not much realism still vendors selling stuff so they spoke fast to make them pay attention Involved the audience in performance spoke and engaged them William Shakespeare married at 18 to a 26 year old and had 3 kids but leaves them and goes to London and becomes wealthy by owning part of Chamberlain theater Goes by to th nd fam in 1610 dies 6 years later and leaves his wife his 2 plays of Shakespeare in 1623 actors get together and publish plays plays know as first folio 4 categories comedies mid summer nights tragedies authello histories henry the best bed th 5 stuff about kings and queens romance or problem alls wells that ends wells shakespeares sonnets most wrote for rich patrons Only 2 characters the dark lady not sure if she