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2 Greek Theatre (© Paul Kolnik)

Greek Theatre Background: The Golden Age of Greece Origins: Greek Theatre Emerges © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. Greek Theatre and Greek Religion Festivals and the City Dionysia Greek Theatre and Greek Myths © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued) Greek Tragedy Tragic Playwrights Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides The Chorus Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides (Scala/Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali/Art Resource, NY), (Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY), and (© Scala/Art Resource, NY) (© Donald Cooper/Photostage, England) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued) Aristotle and the Tragic Form Plot Characters Thought or Theme Language Music Spectacle Aristotle (Bettmann/Corbis) (Bettmann/Corbis) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued) Climactic Drama and Greek Tragedy King Oedipus Antigone Satyr Plays Old Comedy Aristophanes (© Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued) Greek Theatre Production The Theatre Building Scenery and Special Effects Acting in Greek Theatre Costumes and Masks Music and Dance © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

© 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Elevated or Flat Stage Historians argue about this Difficult to determine Many argue: no raised stage during Classical era. © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Special Effects in the Greek Theatre © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Periaktoi © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pinakes © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Sophocles first writer to give up acting Actors Actors Could double Masks All male Sophocles first writer to give up acting 3 Actor rule for tragedy © 2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Theatre in the Hellenistic Age Hellenistic Theatres Hellenistic Acting The Rise of the Actor Social Position of Actors Mimes Artists of Dionysus New Comedy Menander (© Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis) (© Jose Fuste Raga/Corbis) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.