history of the western theater
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Egyptian Theater | (4000 B.C. - 1000 B.C.) |
| Egyptian Theater | Plays held along the banks of the Nile, outdoors, during the day Purpose was to instruct and entertain people about moral and religious values- (there gods and goddesses) Religious leaders were the playwrights ( someone who writes plays) |
| Greek Theater | (1000 B.C. - 500 B.C.) |
| First Greek dramatist | Thespis |
| Where the greek plays held? | Plays were held outside in amphitheaters or on the temple steps |
| When were greek plays held? | Plays were held in the daytime |
| Who were the actors? | All male casts - men and boys played all the female roles |
| What did the greeks wear for costumes? | Costumes were simple long, white robes |
| How did greek actors show emtion? | Actors wore masks to express emotions (happy and sad face masks) |
| What were the purpose of the greek plays? | Purpose was to instruct and entertain people about religious values |
| Who wrote the greek play | Religious leaders were the playwrights |
| What was the greek chorus? | . Play made use of a chorus - one or more actors who served as a narrator to introduce scenes |
| Roman Theater | (500 B.C. - 500 A.D.) |
| What did the Roman theater do? | They copied the greeks |
| Medieval Theater | (1000 A.D. - 1500 A.D.) |
| troubadours | Wandering troupes of actors, jugglers, musicians, and minstrels (Singers) were called troubadours. They wandered around spreading news and plays from town to town. |
| What religion did the Roman theater spread? | (Christianity) |
| The purpose of medieval plays | to instruct and entertain the people about the Bible and to spread the news |
| When were the midieval plays held? | In the day time |
| What three play did the mideval people write | . Mystery plays b. Miracle plays c. Nativity plays |
| What kind of plays did they write during the second half of mideval times? | morality |
| Who was the main characture in mideval plays? | Everyman |
| Other characture in morality plays? | love, hate, sad, worry |
| Four firsts in the Medieval Theater | a. Common man was the main character b. Common man wrote the plays c. Plays were held indoors d. Plays spread the news |
| Elizabethan Theater | (1500 - 1700) |
| dramatic conventions | something generally accepted by the audience as being real/true |
| Four Firsts during the Elizabethan period | a. Sound effects, trap doors, balconies b. Elaborate costumes -donated by Queen Elizabeth 1) doublets for men 2) gowns for women c. Prizes were given for the best plays & playwrights d. Theater was a money-making business |
| The Globe Theater | Shakespeare's theater, built in an octagon |
| Modern Theater | (1700 - present) |
| England | satire (making fun of political & social institutions) |
| Italy | opera |
| France | irony (saying one thing, but meaning another) |
| United States | motion pictures |
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