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1 ANCIENT GREECE THEATRE

2 The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. Greek statuette. Two strolling actors with comedy masks in the Louvre, Paris

3 The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Panoramic view of the Greek theater at Epidaurus

4 Comedy The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness. The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit- coms.

5 Tragedy Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. LOVE loss pride abuse of power men and gods PROTAGON IST COMMITS TERRIBLE CRIME

6 Tragedy Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart through pity and terror, purging us of our petty concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'.

7 Satyr Plays These short plays were performed between the acts of tragedies and made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters. The satyrs were mythical half-human, half-goat figures and actors in these plays wore large phalluses for comic effect. Few examples of these plays survive. They are classified by some authors as tragicomic, or comedy dramas.

8 GREEK THEATER With such a large space to fill, ancient Greek actors could not be subtle in their acting. They had to gesture grandly so that the entire audience could see and hear the story. However most Greek theatres were cleverly constructed to transmit even the smallest sound to any seat. At Epidaurus a dropped penny's minute ring can be heard from even the highest row.

9 ACTING The size of the theatron also precluded the use of most props; actors used pantomime to indicate objects. The convention of plays having only two or three actors meant that an actor had to play more than one character. Thus, the actors portraying more than one character in a single play, was common to theaters in greek drama.

10 Greek plays incorporated song, chant, and dance. Both the chorus and the characters spoke or chanted in verse set to musical accompaniment.

11 Costumes and Masks The actors were so far away from the audience that without the aid of exaggerated costumes and masks, they would be difficult to see

12 Costumes and Masks Tragic masks carried mournful or pained expressions, while comic masks were smiling or leering. An actor's entire head was covered by his mask, which included hair. It has been theorized that the shape of the mask amplified the actor's voice, making his words easier for the audience to hear.

13 Costumes and Masks Actors wore thick boots to add to their height and gloves to exaggerate their hands so that their movements would be discernable to the audience. A distinctive mask was made for each character in a play. The masks were made of linen or cork, so none have survived. We know what they looked like from statues and paintings of ancient Greek actors.

14 KORE The KORE embodies the balance between mind and emotion, and is representative of the individual part of the community. Even though she is portrayed with the typical archaic smile, the KORE represents the archaic ideal of being beyond emotion; that is, rising above the fluctuations of the human experience.

15 BUTTERFLY The BUTTERFLY is the Greek symbol of the soul after death, and emphasizes the unknown, mystical, and other-worldly element of life.

16 DIONYSOS DIONYSOS is the god of wine, theater, and transformation. The Greeks believed that drinking wine and going to the theater were the two ways to put on masks; that is, to enter an altered state of mind.

17 SATYR by Kim Southern M.A. Candidate in Art History, UMass/Amherst The SATYR is a creature of the imagination, a combination of goat and man. He represents altered states of conciousness, as well as the bestial side of humans.

18 GORGON The GORGON is an imaginary creature. She is a hideous monster who, to the Greeks, was magical because she was apotropaic (fought evil with evil).

19 CYCLOPS The CYCLOPS is an imaginary one- eyed giant. This creature is representative of the Greek tendency to mythologize by making hidden terrors concrete in order to combat them.

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