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Greek Theater

Greek Theater. The Greek Theater. 5 th Century B. C. Golden Age of Greek Drama Dramatic festivals were popular People witnessed tragic and comic plays. Overview of Greek Theatre. The myths. The land. The stage. The Land.

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Greek Theater

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  1. Greek Theater

  2. The Greek Theater 5th Century B. C. Golden Age of Greek Drama Dramatic festivals were popular People witnessed tragic and comic plays

  3. Overview of Greek Theatre • The myths • The land • The stage

  4. The Land • Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and dramatic mountain ranges • Greece has a rich culture and history • Democracy was founded in Greece • Patriarchal (male dominated) society • Philosophy, as a practice, began in Greece (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)

  5. TheLand Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea

  6. The Land

  7. Overview of Greek Theatre • The land • The myths • The stage

  8. The Stage

  9. The Stage Three Main Portions of Greek Theatre: Skene – Portion of stage where actors performed (included 1-3 doors in and out) Orchestra – “Dancing Place” where chorus sang to the audience Theatron – Seating for audience

  10. The Stage

  11. The Stage • Greek plays were performed during religious ceremonies held in honor of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry (altars generally on stage) • Banks would shut down for days, people would travel from all around to see the drama competitions—even prisoners were temporarily released to see the plays • Tragedy means “goat song” (relates to Dionysian rituals)

  12. The Stage

  13. Where and how were the dramas performed? …In an amphitheatre …With a choruswho described most of the action. …With masks …With all the fighting and movement going on off stage.….With tragedy first, then comedy later.

  14. Masks of Greek Theater

  15. The masks were worn for many reason including: • 1. Visibility • 2. Acoustic Assistance • 3. Few Actors, Many Roles • 4. Characterization

  16. Some general categories of masks 1. OLD MEN Smooth-Faced, White, Grizzled, Black-Haired, Flaxen and More Flaxen 2. YOUNG MEN Common, Curled, More Curled, Graceful, Horrid, Pale and Less Pale 3. SLAVES Leathern, Peaked-Beard, Flat Nose 4. WOMEN Freed Old Woman, Old Domestic, Middle Aged, Leathern, Pale-Disheveled, Pale Middle Aged, Whorish-Disheveled,Virgin, Girl 5. SPECIALIST MASKS Some made for specific characters, others for: Mourning, Blindness, Deceit, Drunkenness...etc. (The comic masks, those especially of old comedy, were as like as possible to true persons they represented, or made to appear more ridiculous)

  17. Masks of Greek Theater

  18. Masks of Greek Theater

  19. Modern-day replicas Hero-King Comedy (Servant or Herald ) Tragedy (Weeping Chorus)

  20. Theater at Epidaurus

  21. Theater at Epidaurus

  22. Major Greek Dramatists

  23. Sophocles

  24. Oedipus Rex • There is a plague in Thebes. • Oedipus requests the reason behind it, and learns that it is due to the death of King Laius, and he finds out that the murderer is in the city. • Oedipus swears he will bring the murderer to justice. • Then, the search ensues…filled with riddles, heart-ache, and tragedy.

  25. Greek Comedy and Aristophanes

  26. Jason’s Voyage on the Argo Jason and Medea meet Corinth: Where Jason and Medea settle down

  27. The land Overview of Greek Theatre • The myths • The stage

  28. Myths played a key rolein Greek drama

  29. The Myths – Why they were written • Explained the unexplainable • Justified religious practices • Gave credibility to leaders • Gave hope • Polytheistic (more than one god) • Centered around the twelve Olympians (primary Greek gods)

  30. When Echo tried to get Narcissus to love her, she was denied. Saddened, she shriveled to nothing, her existence melting into a rock. Only her voice remained. Hence, the echo! Explained the Unexplainable

  31. Dionysian cults in ancient Greece were founded to worship Dionysus, god of grapes, vegetation, and wine. To justify religious practices

  32. Roots in Worship of Dionysus • God of wine and revelry

  33. Theater of Dionysus Dionysia was an annual festival in honor of the god Dionysus Theater of Dionysus was an open-air Theater with room for fifteen thousand spectators

  34. Theater of Dionysus carved out of a stone hillside looked like a semicircle with steeply rising tiers of seats

  35. Theater of Dionysus

  36. Theater of Dionysus At the bottom was the rounded orchestra or performance area where the chorus sang and danced

  37. Dionysus Theater in Athens

  38. Theater of Dionysus Behind the orchestra was an open, almost bare, stage where actors spoke their lines from behind huge masks

  39. Dionysus Theater in Athens

  40. Dionysus Theater in Athens

  41. Theater of Dionysus Male actors performed all the roles Actors switched masks to play a number of roles – both female and male

  42. Dionysus and Satyrs

  43. Used myths to create family trees for their leaders, enforcing the made-up idea that the emperors were related to the gods and were, then, demigods. To give credibility to leaders

  44. The ancient citizens of Greece would sacrifice and pray to an ORACLE. An oracle was a priest or priestess who would send a message to the gods from mortals who brought their requests. To give hope Where DID hope come from? After unleashing suffering, famine, disease, and many other evils, the last thing Pandora let out was HOPE.

  45. Oracle of Delphi

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