2. A Survey of Theatre History An Online Course of Study Prepared by Janet DeJean Newton A Companion Course to Drama I Plymouth High School, Plymouth, Wisconsin

3. A Survey of Theatre History? Webster’s dictionary defines survey as “to view or consider comprehensively,” or to view or consider “completely or broadly.” So, in a survey of Theatre History, students will have the opportunity to completely explore the evolution of theatre, from its very beginning to today!

4. Learning Goals for Students Students who complete the Survey of Theatre History course will be able to:  identify the key characteristics of historical movements in the history of theatre,  recognize key literature developed, written, and performed during these time periods,  and, identify principal individuals associated with the history of theatre.

5. Origins of Theatre

6. Egyptian Theatre The Birth House at Edfu. This colonnaded structure was the site of the annual Festival of Coronation, which reenacted the divine birth of Horus and the reigning pharaoh. Around the back of the building are reliefs of Horus being suckled by Isis. A Birth House is a Greco-Roman feature that was not part of older pharaonic temples. (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/egypt/edfu-photos/slides/birth-house-cc-saulo)

7. Early Ritual, Dramatic Dance, and Storytelling Phoenician patera, from Idalium, showing a religious ritual dance before a goddess in a temple round a sun emblem. (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm)

8. Greek and Roman Theatre Roman theatre, Kermessos. (http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/drama/classical%20drama/unities.html)

9. Origins of Pantomime and Early Religious Plays http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/everyadd.htm

10. Asian and Middle Eastern Theatre http://asiasociety.org/arts/performing-arts/theater/taziyeh-performance-conventions-short-sketch

11. Medieval Theatre http://medievaltheatre13.blogspot.com/

12. German Drama http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/463-5078

13. The Evolution of English Drama http://50yearsindance.com/2011/09/09/marius-petipa-and-the-dance-of-death-historical-footnote-to- marius-petipa-i-marius%E2%80%99s-peripatetic-lifestyle-reminds-me-of-early-artistic-life/

14. Spanish Theatre http://www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/Lectures/Hum1/031201/031201hum.htm

15. Italian Theatre and Commedia dell’arte http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peeter_van_Bredael_Commedia_dell_arte_Szene.jpg

16. Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/dramavenues.htm

17. Restoration Theatre http://cerisia.cerosia.org/ENGL333/Self.Consciousness/introduction.htm

18. Early American Theatre Theatre Scene 1794. Washington Enjoyed The Theatre, Inviting Friends To Seats In His Box. (http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamericanimages/scenes2.html)

19. Turn-of-the Century American Theatre http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/usa/usa_nyc_americantheatre.htm

20. Vaudeville http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fnorris&CISOPTR=1&DMSCALE =100&DMWIDTH=802&DMHEIGHT=650.58072916667&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=1&DMX=0&DMY=0& DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=0&REC=1&DMROTATE=0&x=412&y=328

21. 20 th Century Theatre Movements http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/may/18/american-theatre-history

22. Theatre Today http://backtobacktheatre.com/

23. A Survey of Theatre History Break-a-leg! It’s show time!! Let’s start surveying!! Some of the image sources: http://www.freestockphotos.biz/stockphoto/3627 http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/011intro.htm http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/041gkorig.htm