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A Long, Long Time Ago

Ancient Theatres ofEgypt and Greece

THEA 4710


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Outine of Topics

!itua and Theatre

Ancient Egypt

"asics and roots of

Gree# tragedy


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$ha%a#o $tone

E&idence oftheatre, may%e

'th( 7thcentury

")E copy of *+00")E te-t

The story of Osiris,

dismem%ered ./emphite rama


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A%ydos .2assion

2ay3 Long history of

somethingi#e

performance +00 ")E ( 0 ")E

#hernofret fragmentImage of the Ikhernofret stone,

c. 1880s BCE


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#hernofret5s te-t

cee%rated the 6feast of .Going 8orth of 9p:a:et, :hen he

proceeded to champion his father; repeed the foe from the

second %ar>>>>>>>>>>>; 6 se: a the

enemies upon the fats of ?edyt; con&eyed him into the %ar>>>>>>>>>>, :hen he resumed his seat; oosed the

#not in the midst of his attendants, among his courtiers;


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Bust the Gree# 8acts, /a5am

WhoC Gree#s D Athenians D

the Polis; * 14,000 in

attendence

WhenC th century ")E 47+ ='' ")E Fpus a ate pay %y

/enander in 1

WhatC )omedy and Tragedy,

a :ere musicas

WhereC Theatre of ionysusI

How and WhyC This gets a

itte tric#ier


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)omponent 2arts of a Gree#

Theatre TheatronC $eeing

2ace

OrchestraC ancing2ace

$#eneC "ac# :a ofthe theatre

EccycemaC @heeedcart

/echaneC )rane forfying in gods


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/as#s and )ostumes

@oud indicateC Gender

Ethnicity

$ocia )ass A characters :ere

mas#ed

)on&entions for :hat

specific coors meant ?o mas#s ha&e

sur&i&ed, %ut imagesha&e;


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The )horus

1I men 2aid for %y the

CHOREGU

!ehearsedJTrained forup to 11 months

$inging and ancingcrucia = mosty inunison, sometimes spitin t:o groups

Accompanied %y a futepayer


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The Actors

Gree# term :asHYPOKRIT?S. Literay

means .The Ans:erer

"y Oe!i"#s Re$youcoud ha&e spea#ing

actors :ho dou%ed up

on roes A men


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@hy3

)ontest for :riters and actors TragedyC pay:rights, 4 pays each F tragedies

and a $atyr pay

)omedyC pay:rights, indi&idua pays !eigious o%ser&ance to the god ionysus

)onsidered an integra part of the ife of thePolis;


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"efore you got to the

theatre

2rocession of the statue

of ionysus

The .2roagon, :herethe pay:right and actors

:ere presented to the

pu%ic

The .2ompe, aprocession of sacred

o%Kects


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2re=$ho:

The .10 Generaspoured a i%ationFi


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)an :e pease ta# a%out

some actua theatre3 /aKor sur&i&ing

tragic pay:rights

1 maKor sur&i&ing

comic pay:right

1 minor sur&i&ing

comic pay:right

Lots of fragments


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Thespis Fand others

$emi=egendary

@rote for one actor and a chorus

?one of his :or# has sur&i&ed

His name is :here :e get the term.Thespian to descri%e an actor

A fe: others

)horeiusC Adds /as#s

2ratinusC $atry pay

2hrynichusC 8emae characters

3


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The Three Tragedians

Aeschyus /ost conser&ati&e in

form and structure

$ophoces Added the third actor

Euripides /ost i%era in form

and structure


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AeschyusC + = 4 ")E

ntroduced the second actor,hence diaogue, hence atheatre in the @est

$o popuar that after his death,

his pays continued to %esu%sidied %y the state

@rote 70M pays, :e ha&e 7 Persians6ony sur&i&ing tragedy

%ased on .current e&ents,

Oresteia &$'(, e)en *gainst+he%es, +he #""liants

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