1. Oedipus the King Ms. Lucas – English II 2. Sophocles • 496-406 B.C. • Athens, Greece (Golden Age of Athens – center for democracy) • He won 24 times out of 30…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Dionysus Thebes Cult and Theater Slide 3 The Myth of Pentheus Dionysus was traveling around the world telling everybody he is a God. Things were going great…
Slide 1Greek Theatre The origins of our stage Slide 2 Ancient Greeks held ceremonies to honor the gods In one ceremony, to honor the god Dionysus, a group of chanters called…
Slide 1Greek Theater Western Civilization Slide 2 The Greek Theater 5 th Century B. C. Golden Age of Greek Drama Dramatic festivals were popular People witnessed tragic and…
1. Epic and Tragedy (poetics) What is an epic? What is a tragedy? How tragedies originated? How Epic originated? Nine characteristics of epic, examples of famous epic Six…
1. Ancient Theatre: Greek and Roman 2. The Theatre of Dionysus built atthe beginning of the 5th century Dionysus: greek god of wine and festivity“God of the fun stuff”…
Slide 1 HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT SHOW TO SEE? Slide 2 WHAT TYPES OF PLAYS CAN YOU GO SEE? ARE ALL PLAYS GOOD? Slide 3 THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE CRITIC Slide 4 TYPES OF THEATRE…
Slide 1 The Origins and Development of Classical Greek Theatre (The 6 th and 5 th centuries BCE) Robert Cohen, Theatre, Mayfield Pub. Co., 1996 Don Nardo (ed.), The Complete…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Greek Theater Slide 3 Overview of Greek Theater The land Antigone The Theater Slide 4 The Land Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and dramatic mountain…
Slide 1 Drama A short history of theatre Slide 2 Greek Theatre Slide 3 Greece Began as worship / festival for Dionysus Is the foundation of all theatre today Typically had…