T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dionysia, Medieval Theatre, Aeschylus

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Theatre and Dance
• Course: T D 301
• Professor: Eric Vera

Document Summary

Greek comedy, roman theatre, drama in the medieval period: the word theatre comes from the greeks. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and social situation. stella adler. Greek theatre: sixteenth century a. d, part of festivals, financed by the community and performed for them. The theatre of ancient greece: greek tragedy often shows the results of human attempts to escape fate or the will of the gods, honoring dionysus. God of wine and fertility: city dionysia. Religious and civic celebration: first record of theatrical event in athens. 534 b. c: first winner of the contests was thespis. 3 tragedies and one satyr: satyr, short and comic tone, aeschylus. The theatre of dionysus: theatron seeing place . Origin of our world theatre: acropolis. Stages were built at an incline stage directions origins. Projection takes much work due to one actor vs 17000 members: skene. Origin word of scene : offstage work.