Slide 1Ancient Greece: The Start of it All Slide 2 Western drama began to develop in the 6 th century to worship the god Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. The first…

Slide 1 Ancient Greek Theatre About 600 BCE - about 250 BCE Slide 2 Origins Religious ceremonies –Funerals –Seasonal celebrations –Ceremonies honoring the gods Of particular…

The most notorious and far-reaching of these efforts came from the Performance Group, which grew out of a New York University work-shop led by Richard Schechner in 1967.…

Slide 1 Greek, Roman, and Medieval Drama History of the Theatre http://youtu.be/vNAM3PzGcow 1 Western drama began to develop in the 6th century to worship the god Dionysus,…

Slide 1 Greek, Roman, and Medieval Drama History of the Theatre http://youtu.be/vNAM3PzGcow 1 Western drama began to develop in the 6th century to worship the god Dionysus,…

History of the Theatre History of the Theatre The Origins of Western Drama Greek Drama Western drama began to develop in sixth century Greece as part of the worship of Dionysus,…