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Chapter 7 The History of Drama. Greeks Thespis and Thespian Tragedy (trilogy) Satyr Machina as spectacle Deus ex machina (weakens plot) Aeschylus- language.

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1 Chapter 7 The History of Drama

2 Greeks Thespis and Thespian Tragedy (trilogy) Satyr Machina as spectacle Deus ex machina (weakens plot) Aeschylus- language Sophocles-Great Euripides-Pathos Aristophanes-Comedy

3 Romans Copied the Greeks Terence and Plautus (comedy) Amphitheatres-permanent, people came to see the plays

4 Medieval Drama Liturgical Drama (used in religious settings) Easter, Christmas, Saints, etc. Movable mansions Craft guilds traveled to present plays Folk dramas developed Morality plays-didactic

5 Renaissance Stage becomes more developed Opera is born; influenced by the Greeks Commedia dell’ arte (Whose Line)

6 Elizabethan Drama Globe-remember from your Shakespeare unit as sophomores (discuss) Later in England Raked stage and stage directions

7 People and Places England Czechoslovakia Germany France Ireland Italy Russia Spain China Japan

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