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Theatre History Greek Theater

Myths

First Theater Participant Ikhernofret Abydos Passion Play in Egypt in 1860 B.C.

First Formal Theater Crete 1400 / 1700 B.C.

Thespis Thespian

Greek Theaters Amphitheater

Theatre of Dionysus 330 B.C. Seats / 15,000 people

Theatre at Epidaurus 350 B.C. Seats / 15,000 people

Theatre at Ephesus Seats / 25,000 People

Greek Theater Conventions

Tragedy: Is a serious play with a protagonist who bravely faces troubles cause by his own actions or the actions of others.

Aeschylus The Oresteia, the greatest, most vast complex group of plays in history including Shakespeare.

Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone Sophocles Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone

The Trojan Women & Medea Euripides The Trojan Women & Medea

Comedy: an up beat or humorous play about daily life.

Aristophanes Birds, Frogs, or Clouds

Menander The Grouch

Satyr Were companions of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, and were supposedly half-man, half-beast. Satyr Plays were short comic relief presented at the end of the tragedies. Cyclops, by Euripides The Trackers, by Sophocles

το τέλος The End