1. Ancient and Greek Theater By: Mrs. Bone

2. Origin of Theater Dance Storytelling Ritual Myth

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Theater Structure Theater Structure: Raked audience Round stage (orchestra) Skene (back ground) Deus ex machine- flying machine Ekkyklema-wagon Example: Acropolis

7. Costumes Masks Wigs Oversize limbs and shoes Chiton- like a Greek toga

8. Aristotle Greek philosopher who classified Greek drama In his book The Poetics

9. 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

10. 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