Types of Shows
Usually about historical figures, gods and kings and half gods
What are Greek Tragedies?
Over the top acting that all actors utilized
What is exaggerated acting?
Occurring at the same time as one another; synchronisation
What is unison?
A group of actors working together telling a story
Who were the chorus?
The festivals were attended by all Athenian citizens (women as well as men) and visitors from throughout Greece.
Who attended Greek shows?
Catharsis or relief from strong repressed emotions
What was expected from a well written tragedy?
Working together as a chorus
How does working in Unison look?
Circle center for the chorus to congregate
What was the Strophe and Antistrophe?
Worked in movement and voice so that stories could be heard and movements seen
What did the Chorus do?
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides (who wrote tragedies) and Aristophanes (who wrote comedies)
Who are some famous Greek playwrights?
Usually about political figures and poked fun at universal frustrations with governing bodies
What are Greek Comedies?
Movement of the hand or head to express an idea or meaning
What are gestures?
the long and rectangular with a low building upstage with three doors
What was a skene?
consisted anywhere between 5 and 50 actors
How many actors were in a Chorus?
The audience would throw food and stones if they thought the acting wasn’t good enough!
What would the audience do if they thought the acting wasn't good enough?
Involved half goat half man characters who reveled in the more animal instincts of man
What are Satires or Satyer plays?
The way the face moves to convey an emotional state
What are facial expressions?
audience seating
What was the theatron?
large masks that exaggerated facial features and expressions
What did the Chorus wear to be seen?
shaped the structure of modern plays, movies, and other forms of storytelling.
What affect do the genres of Greek theater have on modern works?
Arachne the Weaver, Pandora's Box, Icarus, and Medusa
What were the choice of myths that could've been rewritten for the Playwrighting Activity?
The chorus moved and spoke as one.
What is one Chorus fact?
What was the parados?
One of the most important components of the play
What is one Greek Chorus fact?
were performed during religious festivals honoring Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility.
Where were Greek plays originally performed?