greek theatre

1. Theatre and performing arts – S1
Ancient Greek Theatre
Presented by :
BENSALAH Mohamed Yahya
Under the supervision of Prof :
AJJOUL .F
2020 - 2021

2. INTRODUCTION
I - THE BIRTH OF DRAMA
II - THE BIRTH OF CHARACTER
III - PLAYWRIGHTS AND PHILOSOPHERS
IV - PRINCIPALES OF GREEK DRAMA
V - ILLUSTRATIONS
CONCLUSION

4.  Drama originates from religious rituals cult of Dionysus
(Dithyramb)
Dionysus GOD OF WINE, he incarnates the season cycle of the year and
the eternal cycle of life and death.

5.  During the ritual
State of ritual madness and ecstatic frenzy
Desguise with animal skin
The birth of DRAMA

6.  Drama performances took place during the festivities
Dramatic contests : A chorus sing or chant the script in the form of
POETRY
 The first such contest (534 B.C.) : the winner was THESPIS
“ Thespis was the “first actor”
The birth of
CHARACTER

7. Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides for tragedies
Aristophanes for comedies
 Aeschylus : a second and third actor
 Sophocles : chorus less, + more dialogue between characters.
 Aristophanes, gave to comedy a unique form and content, making the
theatrical expression undeniable.
 the hundreds of plays written by these famous Greek playwrights,
Among these plays,
. Oedipus the King by Sophocles is considered one of the finest tragedies
. Lysistrata by Aristophanes is perhaps the best-known Greek comedy.

8.  main philosophers : SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE
ARISTOTLE
- The Poetics
important topics :
. plot
. theme
. character
. music
. diction
. show

9. 1 . Catharsis
2 . Main character
3 . Written in poetic language
4. Hamartia
5 . Peripeteia

11. OEDIPUS THE KING

12. ATHENS, GREECE
ATHENS WAS THE CENTER OF GREEK THEATRE.

13. THEATRE OF
DIONYSIUS

15. THE
SKENE

19. GREEK MASKS

21. GREEK CHORUS
. Much of the action of the Greek play was song and dance by a group of
men. This group was called the chorus.

23. Final Thought
Oscar Wilde said it best:
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of
all art forms, the most immediate way
in which a human being can share with
another the sense of what it is to be a
human being”.