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Ancient and G reek Theater. By: Mrs. Bone. Origin of Theater. Dance Storytelling Ritual Myth. Egyptian Theater. First recorded script Came from the Egyptians Memphite Drama Abydos Passion Play Pyramid Texts Ikernofret - priest who recorded drama: known as the first stage manager. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Egyptian Theater
• First recorded script
• Came from the Egyptians
•Memphite Drama
•Abydos Passion Play
•Pyramid Texts
• Ikernofret- priest who recorded drama: known as the first stage manager
Greek Theater
• Theater Types/Genres
• Tragedy
• Euripedes, Sophocles, Aeschylus
• Comedy
• Aristophanes
• Satyr Plays- short comedic plays between tragedies
• Our modern word for satire comes for these plays
• Tragic Hero has a flaw that leads to their downfall
Greek Tragedy Festival
•Held from sun up to sun down
• The prize winner received a goat
• Thespis- was the first recorded actor
•Held in honor for the god of theater, Dionysus
Theater Structure
• Theater Structure:
• Raked audience
• Round stage (orchestra)
• Skene (back ground)• Deus ex machine- flying machine
• Ekkyklema-wagon
• Example: Acropolis
Greek Chorus
• Started with 15- priests
• In the later part of Greek Drama there were 50 chorus member
• Spoke in unison, storytellers
• The conscience of the show, they re-acted how the author wanted the audience to re-act
• Beginnings of ensembles in theatre
Three Unities
• All Greek plays use the 3 unities in their plot structure
• Unity of TIME, ACTION, and PLACE
• All action happened in real time and in one location
• So if the action took an hour, the performance would last an hour
• If a play took place during the day, there would not be a night scene
• There were no scenes that took place the next day