1. Theatre History
Greek Theater

2. Myths

3. First Theater Participant Ikhernofret
Abydos Passion Play in Egypt in 1860 B.C.

4. First Formal Theater
Crete 1400 / 1700 B.C.

5. Thespis
Thespian

6. Greek Theaters
Amphitheater

8. Theatre of Dionysus
330 B.C.
Seats / 15,000 people

9. Theatre at Epidaurus 350 B.C.
Seats / 15,000 people

10. Theatre at Ephesus
Seats / 25,000 People

11. Greek Theater Conventions

12. Tragedy:
Is a serious play with a protagonist who bravely faces troubles cause by his own actions or the actions of others.

13. Aeschylus
The Oresteia, the greatest, most vast complex group of plays in history including Shakespeare.

14. Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone

15. The Trojan Women & Medea
Euripides
The Trojan Women & Medea

16. Comedy:
an up beat or humorous play about daily life.

17. Aristophanes
Birds, Frogs, or Clouds

18. Menander
The Grouch

19. Satyr
Were companions of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, and were supposedly half-man, half-beast.
Satyr Plays were short comic relief presented at the end of the tragedies.
Cyclops, by Euripides
The Trackers, by Sophocles

20. το τέλος
The End