Slide 1The Theban Plays of Ancient Greece Slide 2 History of Greek Theater Greek drama began as part of seasonal festivals honoring Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility.…
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 Slide 2 Greek Theatre Slide 3 Greek History 2500 - 500 BC Slide 4 2500 BC Whose got the power? Egypt Near East Slide 5 Where’s the Greece? ? Slide 6 Minoan civilization…
Slide 1 The Theatre of Ancient Greece … where Drama begins Slide 2 The Purpose of Drama Ritual worship of the gods became the beginnings of what we now think of as Drama…
Slide 1 Theater History Slide 2 Greek and Roman Theater “Drama…an imitation of action not the action itself.” -Aristotle Slide 3 The role of “drama” in the ancient…
Slide 1Oedipus Rex Lecture Slide 2 Sophocles Born 496 B.C. Wrote 113 plays, only 7 have survived From an area outside Athens, Greece Won 1 st at the Dionysian 18 times Innovator…
Slide 1 Literacy in Theatre Education By Christina Rodriguez EDTA MA Student Fall 2007 Slide 2 Applicable Theatre Theatre is applicable to many different areas of education.…
Tragedy depicts the downfall of a noble hero or heroine, usually through some combination of hubris, fate, and the will of the gods. 1. Greek tragedy was performed as part…
WARNING: This pre-performance talk contains 2 spoilers. 1 relates to an unexpected aspect of the ending (nothing related to Heracles!). 1 relates to a âgiftâ given to Heracles…