1. Ancient Greek Theatre By Eilidh General Knowledge Stage Writers Actors
Masks
Costume
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2. General Knowledge
Ancient Greek Theatre was around the time period 550 BC – 220 BC.
At this time Athens was in power.
Athens made a festival about the god Dionysus
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3. Masks
The masks that they wore for performing were like helmets and covered the whole face.
They wore a wig on top of the Mask for more effect.
They also had holes for eyes and a happy or a sad mouth.
The mouth holes were large so their voice could project.
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4. Writers These are some Greek play writers: Aeschylus Euripides
Sophocles
Aristophanes
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5. Stage Skene-The stage, scene.
Orchestra-The place where all the band play.
Theatron-The place for seating and watching.
Parados-The corridoors at the front of the stage from which the actors entered
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6. actors
Only men could act because women had to do cleaning, cooking (how sexist!).
There were not always actors in Greek plays.
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7. Costume
For comedies they would dress in bright colours and for tragedies they would dress in dark colours.
They would wear boots to make them taller.
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8. Thank you for watching
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