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Overview of Greek Theatre• The land
• The myths
• The stage
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The Land
• Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and dramatic mountain ranges
• Greece has a rich culture and history
• Democracy was founded in Greece
• Patriarchal (male dominated) society
• Philosophy, as a practice, began in Greece (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
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The Land
Located in Europe in the Aegean Sea
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The Stage
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Where and how were the dramas performed?
…In an amphitheatre
…With a chorus who described most of the action.
…With masks
…With all the fighting and movement going on off stage.
….With tragedy first, then comedy later.
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The StageThree Main Portions of Greek Theatre:
Skene – Portion of stage where actors performed (included 1-3 doors in and out)
Orchestra – “Dancing Place” where chorus sang to the audience
Theatron – Seating for audience
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The Stage• Greek plays were performed during religious
ceremonies held in honor of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry.
• Enormous audiences (40,000)– Loud actors with exaggerated movements
• All actors were men• Audience knew the story ahead of time, they
came to see emotional acting
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The Chorus• A group of actors who sang and spoke in unison
during choral odes• Represented a single character • What did they do?
– Set the mood– Summarized action– Took sides during an argument– Warned of diseaster
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The Stage
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Who was Sophocles
1 of three great Greek playwrights
Wrote 100 plays Lived to be 90 years old
Born 496 B.C. Only 7 plays remain
Competed against Aeschylus and Euripides
Civil servant Regularly entered and won contests with his writing
First to add a third actor to his plays
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Antigone• The play is part of a cycle of three plays that together
describe several generations of the Cadmus family
• Cadmus family is cursed by gods– Oedipus will kill his father (king) and marry his mother
• Eventually he does, his parents die/exile from shame.
• Oedipus becomes king. When he dies, his 2 son’s split the title, and end up killing each other in a power struggle. They are not given equal respect in death, which creates a conflict.
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More Antigone
• Set in Thebes (a city in ancient Greece)• Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and
Jocasta• Antigone’s brothers, Eteokles and
Polyneces, took opposite sides in a war• Eteokles and Polyneces killed each other
in battle• Antigone’s uncle, Kreon, became king of
Thebes
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Copy Only The Boxed Portion!
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The EndThe End