VPDB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Coryphaeus, Real Face, Stratford Festival
6 Jul 2015
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Place of pilgrimage to go to heal from ailments. Esclopon, pays tribute to esclipse, god of healing. Kind of like a hospital but more religious and spiritual. Sick ppl put underground, in dark, would be given drugs, and live with snakes for a period of time, this will cause hallucinogen effects and cure the person. Stadium: theatre there is a presentation of what would happen. Acoustics are so perfect that by dropping a coin, you can hear it all the way at the back. Parados: side, ramp that leads to middle of stage. Diazorama: walkway between two sets of seating. Greek version of this space was just up until the diazorama. Visual choreography had to be very critical for the back audiences. Chorus: chorus 12-15 ppl, actors speculated (# of actors on stage increased over time, individual singers, group singing, speculation, there would be a head of a chorus, chorus leader called coryphaeus.
