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1 Ancient Greek Theatre By Eilidh General Knowledge Stage Writers Actors
Masks Costume Thank you

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 Main menu

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. Main menu

4 Writers These are some Greek play writers: Aeschylus Euripides
Sophocles Aristophanes Main menu

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 Main menu

6 actors Only men could act because women had to do cleaning, cooking (how sexist!). There were not always actors in Greek plays. Main menu

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. Main menu

8 Thank you for watching Main menu


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