Greek Theatre

The Tragedy of it All

Compiled by Amy

Greek Theatre

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/theater.html

Attending Greek Theatre

Outdoor theatre Masks were used Chorus 3 Actors For Religious Festivals Competitions Agones Only Performed Once

so don’t miss it! Dionysus honored

during festival of Dionysia

Three Types of Greek Plays

Tragedy Comedy Satyr

Tragedy

Tragedy Stores from the Mystic

Past Involves a great hero Great Misfortune

Comedy

Old and New Contemporary The real story Real Feelings Sometimes

Inappropriate.

Satyr

This play was for merriment during the serious competition

Each playwright would submit 3 plays and one satyr.

The satyr would loosen up the crowd and was often called a tragic comedy.

It made fun of the failure of others and even recreated some myths.

Aeschylus

Born 525 BC Playwright and Soldier Father of Tragedy Wrote over Ninety plays

only 7 remain Made characters

interact with each other not only the chorus

Created the first Trilogy! Won 14 competitions

Sophocles

Born 497 BC Playwright Added third actor Wrote 123 Plays only 7

have survived Won 24 competitions Reduced the

importance of the Chorus

Euripides

Born in 480 BC Playwright Won 4 competitions Wrote 92 plays 18 have

survived Made mythological heros

more human in his plays. Focused on the inner lives of

charcters. Portrayed people with

sympathy and showed society as having victims.

Assignments Week 13

Write 3 Biography Cards Write a short satyr to fill in a missing scene in one myth. Or have them act out a scene of comedy:

Have someone make a mess out of the tool box while someone else is trying to clean it up:

Lavern and Shirley did this a lot You can find many shows that demonstrate this…I love Lucy etc.

They could be an American asking for directions in Rome to get to the Acropolis: have one person send them to the sea and one to the hill. How does the person act etc. How can the body show confusion, frustration, humor, etc.? How would a mask help?

Read part of one tragedy and comedy.

Week 13 Craft

Make an Ancient Greek Theatre Mask Can make it either comedy or tragedy Would be best if it could be used in your

satyr.

Some fun ideas for the expressions on how to shape eyes, eyebrows etc! this is just for fun!