Drama - Ancient Greek theatre -

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Etomology (word origin) - 

The modern "drama" comes from the Greek word dran meaning "to do", the modern word "theater" comes from the Greek word theatron meaning "viewing place"

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Ancient Greek playwrights - 

Tragedians - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes. comedian - Aristophanes

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Theatre buildings - 

The central part was the orchestra

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Pottery - 

Sources for a great deal of information regarding theatre in ancient Greece, archaeologists have found pottery that depicts acting, other pottery artifacts illustrate actors on a scaffold rise - This offers proof that stages were indeed used

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The plays -

All plays were formulaic in structure (they followed a certain pattern and were all predictable), according to Aristotle, all plays adhered to the three unities - Unity of time, unity of place and unity of of action and choral odes were presented at the beginning and end of each play as well as in between  scenes

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The Promonos vace - 

Rehearsal of Satyr play

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Content of festival - 

During the festival, three comic and one tragic playwright would be selected to present their works, prizes were awarded to playwrights , producers and actors - Records of victories are evident in monuments 

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Dionysus -

God of wine and fertility - Worshiped for centuries, the earliest origins of drama are ancient hymns call dithyrambs, these were choral odes sung in honor of Dionysus

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The chorus - 

The chorus was always a component of Greek plays, the chorus served to inform the audience about the action and make comments about the play's action, therefore, the chorus was a continuous source of mediation between the audience and the actors

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Festival Dionysus - 

Dithyrambs were later adapted for choral processions in which participants would dress up in costumes and masks, Thespis added in actor to the dithyramb performance, this created interaction on stage, Thespis addition of the actor set a president for all future performance festivals, one day four shows

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Greek theatres - 

Greek tragedies and comedies were always preformed in outdoor theaters, early Greek theaters were probably little more than open areas in the city centers or next to hillsides where the audience, standing or sitting, could watch and listen to the chorus singing about the exploits of god or hero, from the late 6th century BCE to the 4 century and 3rd century BCE there was gradual evolution towards more elaborate theater structure, but the basic layout of the Greek theater remained the same.