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The History of TheaterThe History of Theater
Summer Schools for Greek children, children from European high Schools and from Schools in America, Australia and Asia
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The origin of Greek Drama
Drama originates from religious rituals.
It was connected, already from the start, with the cult of Dionysus.
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Religious Rituals
� Argos - Samos
The ritual enactment of the wedding of Zeus and Hera
� CreteCrete
The ritual enactment of the birth of Zeus
� Delphi
The ritual enactment of Apollo’s fight with the Dragon
Python by adolescents
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Vase depicting the wedding of Zeus and Hera
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The wedding of Zeus and Hera
Palazzo Medici Florence
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Dionysus
God of the grape and the wineGod of the grape and the wine
� He incarnates the season cycle of the year and the
eternal cycle of life and death.
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Vase depicting Dionysus
Louvre Museum
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Vase depicting Dionysus as a youth
Louvre
Museum
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“Bacchus”, Michelangelo.
“Dionysus and Eros”, Roman period
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The cult of Dionysous
During the festivals of Dionysus, the followers of the
god worshiped him in a state of ritual madness and god worshiped him in a state of ritual madness and
ecstatic frenzy.
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Ecstasy
A basic feature of Dionysus cult was ecstasy.
� The worshippers of the God were disguised wearing animal skin, have the
dregs of wine spread all over their faces, wearing crowns of ivy, tails, beards
or horns like the followers of the god, the Satyrs.or horns like the followers of the god, the Satyrs.
� The worshippers identified themselves emotionally with the satyrs. This is the
first step towards the birth of drama.
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“Bacchus”, Caravaggio
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“Satyr”, red figure kylix
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“Dionysian procession”, Red figure vase
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New Orleans festival
“Dionysus’ parade”
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Valencia,Spain
“The festival of Dionysus”
Athens and Dionysus
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The time of drama performances
Drama performances took place during the festivities
in honor of Dionysus, bound to their religious origin.
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Athenian festivities in honor of Dionysus
� Great or City Dionysia (Μεγάλα or εν άστει Διονύσια):
� They were celebrated during the Athenian month of
Elaphebolion (mid March- mid April).
Their duration was 6 days, during which new dramas were � Their duration was 6 days, during which new dramas were
presented.
� Lesser or Rural Dionysia (Κατ’ αγρούς Διονύσια):
� They were celebrated during the Athenian month of Poseideon (mid
december- mid January).
� There were only performances of older successful dramas.
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� Lenaia:
� They were celebrated during the Athenian month of
Gamelion (mid January – mid February).
Athenian festivities in honor of Dionysus
Gamelion (mid January – mid February).
� New tragedies and comedies were presented.
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Drama competitions
� They are related with the city of Athens and the
theater of Dionysus
� They took place during the festivals in honor of � They took place during the festivals in honor of
Dionysus.
� The Eponymous Archon or the Archon Basileus
was in charge.
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Choregos
� The Archon in charge assigns wealthy citizens to the
honorary liturgy of choregia.
� The choregus finances the preparation of the chorus,
pays rehearsal costs, he is responsible for finding a
chorus instructor and a flute player and takes care of the
costumes for the actors and the members of the chorus.
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The ancient theater
The parts of the ancient theater:
� The main theater or “Koilon”
the part assigned to the audience
� Orchestra� Orchestra
circular or semicircular area where the chorus performed
� Scene
the area for the actors
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Ancient Theater
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Scenic elements of ancient theater
� Ekkyklema: a wheeled-plattform on which bodies of dead persons were presented.
� Theologion: the flat roof of the scene from which a god could present himself and speak.
� Mechane or Aeorema: a crane by which the gods were appearing on the scene. appearing on the scene.
� Charonian stairway: underground passage ending in a staircase, used for the entrance of spectres from the nether world and for the ghostly apparitions of the dead.
� Vrontion: a machine used to imitate the sound of a thunder.
� Periaktoi: Two prismatic pillars, put on the left and right side of the scene, turning around their axon, for changing the background of the scene.
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The theater of Dionysus
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The theater of Epidaurus
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The Choragic monument of Lysicrates
on the Tripodon street
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Genres of Drama
I. Satyric Drama
II. Comedy
III. Tragedy
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I. Satyric Drama
� It is an ancient Greek form of tragicomedy, similar in spirit
to burlesque.
� It was a pleasant play to raise a laugh.
� It featured a chorus of satyrs and its themes were taken from the � It featured a chorus of satyrs and its themes were taken from the
life of Dionysus.
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II. Comedy
The comedian poets tried, by causing laughter and
fun, to criticize actual personalities and political,
ethical and social situations that harmed or were
dangerous for the city-state..
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Genres of Comedy
Middle Comedy
� Middle comedy, a new expression of comedy, flourishes and declines between
the beginning and the middle of the 4th century BC.
� The most famous poets are: Antiphanes, Anaxandrides, Eubulus, Timocles. No
complete Middle Comic plays have been preserved.complete Middle Comic plays have been preserved.
New Attic Comedy
� In the period between 330 and 260 BC, a new kind of comedy emerged,
called “New Attic Comedy”.
� The most famous poet is Menander, who is considered as the last important
comedy writer.
� The writer no longer criticizes political and social situations. He rather focuses on
highlighting the psychology and personal experiences of the characters. He wrote
105 comedies. Only one of them survives intact: “Dyskolos”.
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Genres of Comedy
The Roman Comedy
� The Roman comedy writers, having studied Menander and been influenced by him, they create their own Comedy.
� -With Titus Maccius Plautus (250 - 184), who is influenced by attic comedy, Roman Comedy takes a new form.
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Aristophanes (450 - 380 BC)
• He is the most important writer of Old Comedy.
• With Aristophanes, political comedy met its greatest glamor and
strength. His wit and the socio-political situations of his time gave
to attic comedy a unique form and content, making the theatrical to attic comedy a unique form and content, making the theatrical
expression undeniable.
• He has written almost 60 comedies. Only 11 survive:
“The Acharnians”, “The Knights”, “The Clouds”, “The Wasps”,
Peace, “The Birds”, “Lysistrate”, “Thesmophoriazusae”, “The
Frogs”, “Ecclesiazusae”, “Wealth”.
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The Birds of Aristophanes, 2008
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Peace, 2011
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The Birds
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III. Tragedy
According to Aristotle, tragedy is closely related to the
dithyramb, a choric hymn in honor of Dionysus.
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The definition of tragedy
Aristotle, in his Poetics, gives the following definition of tragedy:
“Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious,
complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language
embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the
several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in
the form of action, not of narrative; with incidents arousing
pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its katharsis of
such emotions”.
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Remarkable stages of the
development of tragedy
� Arion of Methymna
Thespis� Thespis
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He gave the dithyramb a more artistic form, in the
6th cent. BC. He added music, lyrics and a chorus of
- Arion of Methymna
6th cent. BC. He added music, lyrics and a chorus of
50 men. This chorus sang the dithyramb
accompanied by a guitar and moved rhythmically
around the altar of Dionysus.
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-Thespis
� In the middle of the 6th cent. B.C., the leader of
the chorus stepped in front of the chorus and
started interacting with the rest of it.
� Thespis’ break-through was a success and so,
he started touring the villages of Attica with his
chorus, this troupe was called “the wagon of
Thespis”, participating in the Dionysian
festivities.
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The “quantitative” parts of tragedy
Epic (dialogues, monologues)
� Prologue
� Episodes
� Exodus
Lyric (songs)
� Parode
� Stasimon
� Monodies – Diodies – Commoi
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The “qualitative” elements of tragedy
� Fable
� Character
� Diction� Diction
� Thought
� Melody
� Spectacle
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The three most important
writers of tragedy
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1.Aeschylus
� Aeschylus was born in Eleusis in 525 BC.
� Due to his origin and the religious family environment in
which he was raised, he had rare virtues, like morality
and piety. The Syracusian tyrant Hieron invited him in and piety. The Syracusian tyrant Hieron invited him in
Sicily to teach.
� Religiousness, fantasy, philosophical thought, majesty,
strong images, racy metaphors, figures of speech, loft of
language.
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Aeschylus
� He gained a great reputation, that surpassed Attica’s borders. He died at Gela, in Sicily, in 456 BC, a place that he had visited three times.
� He fought at Marathon, � He fought at Marathon, Salamis and Plataea. In the battle of Marathon in 490 BC.,he was heavily wounded.πληγώθηκε βαριά.
� He showed an interest in poetry, from his early youth. He is considered one of the most famous tragic poets of antiquity, but also of the world.
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His work…
� He was devoted to tragic poetry.
� He won 13 times. His first victory was in 486 BC
in the age of 40.
� Only seven of his tragedies have survived intact:
The persians, Seven against Thebes, The
Suppliants, Prometheus Bound and the trilogy
Oresteia (Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers,
Eumenides).
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His characters…
� His characters are titanic.
� In “The Suppliants”, the collision with the divine forces protects the greater values (customs, laws of the nature, institutions).
In the tragedy “Seven against Thebes”, the gods � In the tragedy “Seven against Thebes”, the gods punish whoever is drift into the intoxication of power.
� In “The Persians” the arrogant ruler is crashed.
� “The Oresteia” refers to the progress of human kind from the primitive law of nature to the positive law.
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The Persians of Aeschylus, 2012
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The Oresteia of Aeschylus, 2010
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The Suppliants of Aeschylus, 2011
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2. Sophocles
� He was born in Colonus, in Attica, in 496 BC
� He learnt music and at the age of 15, he was
chosen as the leader of the chorus of the
youths. He served his city taking military,
economic, religious and diplomatic offices.
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� He served as “strategos” in the campaign against Samos, as a treasurer (hellenotamias) in the Ahtenian League,
as a priest and a member of diplomatic missions.
Sophocles
� He lived peacefully and died in 406 BC, at the age of 90, extremely honored.
� He never abandoned Athens, and, indeed, his tragedy “Oedipus at Colonus” glorifies the city.
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His work:
� He wrote 123 tragedies.
� Only seven of them survived intact:
“Ajax”, “Antigone”, “The Trachiniae”, “Oedipus the
king”, “Oedipus at Colonus”, “Electra”,
“Philoctetes”
and a part of the satyric drama “Ichneutae” (Tracking
Satyrs).
� He won 24 prizes in around 30 dramatic contests.
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The features of his work…
� The main feature of his work is the moral
order.
� His heroes don’t have the mythical � His heroes don’t have the mythical
dimensions that we find in Aeschylus, neither
the passion of Euripides.
� According to Aristotle, he presents the heroes
as they ought to be (“οίους δει είναι”).
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Oedipus the King of Sophocles, 2000
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Oedipus the King
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Antigone of Sophocles, 1992
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Antigone
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Electra of Sophocles, 2007
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3.Euripides
� He was born in Salamis around 485 to 480 BC.
� He was influenced by Herodotus, Phidias,
Anaxagoras and the Sophists.
� He had the biggest library, and he often wrote his
plays alone, near the sea.
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� He was a rather close and strange character, but he loved his city. He came up against tough competition and irony.
� He was called “stage philosopher”. In his work we can find his concerns about human passions, the role of the gods, the fate of man.
Euripides
the fate of man.
� He was parodied by Aristophanes, while his fellow citizens accused him as impious. A fw years before his death, he went to Pella in Macedonia at the court of king Archelaus, where he died in 406 BC.
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His work…
� He first competed in the City Dionysia in 455 BC and he only won 4 times
(his first victory was in 441 BC)
� He wrote 92 dramas, but only 19 survived: “Alcestis”, “Medea”,
“Heracleidae”, “Hippolytus”, “Andromache”, “Hecube”, “The “Heracleidae”, “Hippolytus”, “Andromache”, “Hecube”, “The
Suppliants”, “Electra”, “Heracles”, “The Trojan women”, “Iphigenia in
Tauris”, “Ion”, “Helen”, “Phoenician women”, “Orestes”, “Bacchae”,
“Iphigenia at Aulis”, the satyric drama “Cyclops” and the tragedy
“Rhesus”, which authorship is disputed.
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� The merit of Euripides’ works is that:
while Sophocles presented things as they should be
in the future and Aeschylus as they were in the past,
His work…
Euripides reflected the actual problems of this time,
presenting things as they actually are.
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Electra of Euripides, 1962
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Medea of Euripides, 1976
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Medea, 2008
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Bacchae, 2011
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Roman Tragedy
� Roman tragedy is also influenced by ancient
Greek tragedy. The only writer of roman tragedy
is Seneca. His plays, though, were not written
that much for performance in the theater, but
rather for being read in some circles. His most
important works are: Phaedra, Medea,
Agamemnon etc.
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Medieval Theater
� One of the main features of the Middle Ages is the religious fervor.
� The main theatrical genre produced in this period is the “Mystery plays”.
� Initially its subjects were taken only from the life and passion of Jesus Christ.
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The Byzantine Theater
� During the period of Byzantine Empire, the theater
remained static.
� There are no byzantine theatrical works, except from � There are no byzantine theatrical works, except from
the religious drama “Christos Paschon” (Christ
suffering), of an unknown writer. The people’s needs
of some spectacle were satisfied by the
Hippodrome.
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Adaption of the drama “Christos
Paschon”, 2010
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� In Byzantium there is, however, folk theater.
� This is improvised, public, folk entertainment
by the mimes. by the mimes.
� “Are these acceptable? Are these
bearable?”, exclaimed John Chrysostom,
one of the accusers of theater, in one of his
speeches “towards the ones who abandoned
the Church” for “the horse-races and the
theaters”.
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The pantomime of the Emperor
� An interesting pantomime in Byzantium is the
“pantomime of the Emperor”.
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The theater of Renaissance
� The Renaissance was a culture movement in the period from the 14th to the 17th century. It was a period of revival of the art and thought.
After the Middle ages, scholars and artists After the Middle ages, scholars and artists discover again the ancient Greek culture, philosophy, literature and art.
� This results to the rival of the art and the theater.
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� The theater of Renaissance begins in Italy.
� Going through some attempts, it comes to the
Cοmmedia dell' Αrte, where the basic
feature is the actor. feature is the actor.
� In the same time, two excellent writers
appear, Lope de Vega in Spain and
Shakespeare in England.
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Cοmmedia dell' Αrte
� Commedia dell’ Arte appears in Italy in the beginning of 17th century and owes its name to its actors.
� The actors are very skilled in dance, mime, declamation and singing.
� Conventional plot lines were written on themes of adultery, jealousy, old age and love. They drew from current events and local news of the day.
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Pierrot Harlequin Columbine
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The Cretan Theater
� A revival of Greek theater takes place in Crete, during
the period of Venetian rule, from 13th to 17th century.
� The first tragedy in Greek, that survives, is Erophili
written by G. Chortatsis apparently at the end of 16th
century.
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Chortatsis Erophili, 2005
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The Greek Theater in the 19th cent.
� Evanthia Kairi 1799-1866
� In 1826, a few months after the fall of
Messolonghi, she published the hteatrical
play “Nikiratos”, the first original female work
of modern Greece. She was inspired by the
heroic exodus of the people of Messolonghi.
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Dimitris Byzantios «Babylonia»
� This is a story about Greeks from different parts of Greece, who
celebrate the victory of the allies in the Battle of Navarino (1827). The
play takes place in an inn in Nafplion and it presents, through comedy,
the confusion between the characters, caused by the use of different the confusion between the characters, caused by the use of different
local idioms and dialects.
� This is the first play of Greek literature after the Independence from the
Ottoman Empire.
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Dimitris Byzantios «Babylonia»
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Elias Kapetanakis: «The general Secretary».
� Elias Kapetanakis denounces, through the eyes
of the former secretary of the minister, the of the former secretary of the minister, the
problems of public administration.
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Greek Theater in the 20th cent.
In the 20th century, Greek theater flourishes.
New theaters, great actors, directors and New theaters, great actors, directors and
stage designers appear.
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Greek directors
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Greek stage designers
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Greek actors
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Important Greek Theaters
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Gregorios Xenopoulos(1867 - 1951) was a
novelist, journalist and writer of plays from
Zakynthos.
� His work “Stella Violanti” was presented in
1909, with the great greek actress Marika
Kotopouli in the leading part.
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Xenopoulos Stella Violanti
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Iakovos Kambanellis (1922 – 2011)
� The productions of Karolos Koun’ “Art Theater”, in the winter of
1945-46, fascinate him.
� In his work The Courtyard of miracles, he presents the transition
from the traditional Greek way of life in the small neighborhood to
the modern way of life in the urban centers.
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Iakovos Kambanellis
The courtyard of miracles, 2008
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Dimitris Kehaidis, 1937-2005
� His work “The Celebration” (Το Πανηγύρι) was written in
1962. In this play, he presents the rural exodus during the 1962. In this play, he presents the rural exodus during the
post war era, the rural depopulation and the migration of
young people to the big cities.
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Loula Anagnostaki
� In her works touches upon the history of the
country, in the post war period, the Greek country, in the post war period, the Greek
family and, in general, the Greek reality.
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Loula Anagnostaki
The sound of the gun, 2008
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In his play “To gala” he touches upon the problem of
Vasilis Katsikonouris (birth 1960)
In his play “To gala” he touches upon the problem of
immigration.
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Katsikonouris, “To gala”, 2011
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Burning Heads (To gala)
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D. Horn (actor)
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