roots of drama
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Theatre of Dionysus
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Revelry-filled Festivals
Religious contests were for prizes.Men dressed in rough goat skin.Plays were only presented at one of the four annual festivals in Athens, City Dionysia.Many tribes competed for prizes and the honor of winning the contest.
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In Athens four festivals were organized to honor the god, Dionysus:1.Small Dionyssia—end of December2.Lenea in January- worship occurred at the festival, but it may have been in honor of Dionysus as a youth, or the rebirth of Dionysus after his murder by the Cyclops.3.Anthesteria in February4.Great Dionyssia in March
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•During Small Dionyssia some old plays were performed.•Tragic contests were organized during the Lenea and Great Dionyssia.•New tragedies were performed during the Great Dionyssia.
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•The celebration lasted six days.•Day one—the sacred parade.•Days two and three—dithyrambic dancing contests held.•Days four, five, six drama contests occurred.
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Only three poets were allowed to participate.Poets were allowed to have three hypocrits(actors).Archon chose the poets, who were paid by the state, as were the hypocrits.
The chorus was paid by wealthy Athenians.A few days before the contest, 500 judges (50 from each tribe) were chosen.The contests began with sunrise.Three tragedies and one satyric drama.
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The 50-man chorus sang hymns to Dionysus, first swaying one way, then the other.In 534 B.C. Thespis, the first actor stepped out of the chorus and spoke as a god, rather than about a god.With this action, the concept of dialogue began; thus, the birth of drama.Thespis is called the “father of drama.”
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•“Father of Greek tragedy”(goat-song)
•Introduces 2nd actor--creates dialogue
•Wrote 90 plays--7 have survived history
•From suffering, comes wisdom
•The working of divine justice (gods)
•Punishment is inevitable for disobeying the gods
•Excessive pride creates human tragedy
•Self-will is destructive
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• Three actors produce -conflict
• Masterful use of dramatic irony
• Complex human characters
• Uses the reversal of fortunes
• Accepts the ways of the gods
• Fall of great people through character flaws
• Stresses emotions
• Innocent people suffer
• Arrogance, pride, sin leads to disaster.
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•Complex plots
•Employed deus ex machina (god by machine)
•Psychological drama-not fate or divine power
•Introduced love themes
•Conflict of human emotions between characters or within one character
•Epic hero reduced to ordinary hero
•Emphasis on human weakness
•Made female characters more important
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DiazomaA passage separating tiers of seats in theatreKoilonA section of seating
ParadosThe procession of the chorus going in and out of the theatre.
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ProscenionThe part in front of the skene (scene). Scenery was painted on it.SceneThe action occurred in front and eventually lifted for a stage. There were one to three doors where actors could change costumes.OrchestraA large circular area where chorus danced and later acted.
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•Performed outdoors during daylight
•New tragedies performed for three days, comedy one day
•Satyr plays: comedy performed after tragedy (chorus of satyrs)
•Religious ceremony
•Attendance required
•Produced by Polis as function of Polis three times a year.
•No intermission
•Prizes for winning poet
•Gave significance to suffering
•Admission free or nominal fee
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Unity of place--few if any change of scenery.
Unity of time--usually only one day
Single action--no subplots
Three actors took different roles--only three actors on stage.
Nemesis=destruction
Hubris=excessive (obdurate) pride
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Hero unconscious of his fate
Bloody events occurred offstage, but chorus reported the incident to the audience.
Concern for meaning
Audience identifies with issues on stage
Results in catharsis or purging of emotions.
Religious in nature
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Western Civilization is indebted to the Greeks for many things; they taught us to examine our hearts and then to share it in a way that we could talk about it, through drama.