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Greek Theatre
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2. Greek Theatre Background: The Golden Age of Greece
Origins: Greek Theatre Emerges
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3. Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E.
Greek Theatre and Greek Religion
Festivals and the City Dionysia
Greek Theatre and Greek Myths
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4. Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued)
Greek Tragedy
Tragic Playwrights
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
The Chorus
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
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5. Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued)
Aristotle and the Tragic Form
Plot
Characters
Thought or Theme
Language
Music
Spectacle
Aristotle
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6. Theatre in the Fifth Century B.C.E. (continued)
Climactic Drama and Greek Tragedy
King Oedipus
Antigone
Satyr Plays
Old Comedy
Aristophanes
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7. 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
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9. Elevated or Flat Stage Historians argue about this
Difficult to determine
Many argue: no raised stage during Classical era.
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10. Special Effects in the Greek Theatre
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11. Periaktoi
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12. Pinakes
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13. 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
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Cotharnus - boots
buskins – high platform shoes
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19. Mimes
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20. 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
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