1. HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN?
The theatre of Ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a theatrical
culture that flourished in ancient Greece between c. 550 and c. 220 BC.
The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political and
military power during this period, was its centre, where it was
institutionalized as part of a festival called the Dionysian, which honoured
the god Dionysus.
WHO USED TO GO WATCH IT?
The theatres were originally built on a very large scale to accommodate the
WHAT WERE THE THEMES OF PERFORMANCES?
large number of people on stage, as well as the large number of people in
the themes of the performances were suited everyone was allowed women
The audience, up to fourteen thousand. So and aimed at Men, as it didn’t
matter if you were act, so majority of the theatre themes would have been
weren’t allowed to rich and poor everyone was treated equal. However
women weren’t allowed to act. blood as that’s how Men are supposed to
masculine such as, fighting and
be like.
WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC WOULD YOU BE MORE LIKELY TO HEAR?
The music of the performances were suited and aimed at Men, as women
weren’t allowed to act, so majority of the music would have been
masculine and Men opera, as obviously a Man wouldn’t sing girl opera like
modern Men today, for example Glee.
Michael McCauley