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MAPEH Learning Activity Sheet

Quarter 4 | ART | Week 1 - 4

Name: Grade/Score:
Grade and Section: Date:
Type of Activity: Concept Notes Skills: Exercise/Drill Illustration
Laboratory Report Essay/Task Report Other:
Activity Title: Identification
Learning Target: Define what distinguishes certain Western classical plays
from others.
Operas are distinguished by their visual portrayal.
Authors | References: Learning Material, Wikipedia

History of the Theatrical Forms & Their Evolution

Theatre began from myth, ritual, and ceremony. Early society perceived connections between actions
performed by groups of people or leaders to a certain society and these actions moved from habit, to tradition,
to ritual, to ceremony due to human desire and need for entertainment.
The three well-known Greek tragedy playwrights
AESCHELUS, EURIPIDES, SOPHOCLES
Greek Theater
*began in Ancient Greece.
*It began around 700 B.C. with festivals honoring their many gods.
*The city-states of Athens was the center of a significant cultural,
political, and military power during this period where the festivals
and competitions were usually performed.

3 Types of Play
Tragedy Comedy Satire

 Greek words, “tragos” or “goat” and “ode”  were derived from imitation; there  contains comic elements to lighten the overall
meaning song, referring to goats sacrificed to were no traces of origin. mood or a serious play with a happy ending.
Dionysus before performances, or to goat –
skins worn by the performers

 In Greece, tragedy was the most admired
type of play.
It dealt with tragic events and have an
unhappy ending, esp. one concerning the
downfall of the main character.
 Aristophanes wrote most of the
comedy plays. Out of these 11 plays,
LYSISTRATA survived, a humorous
tale about a strong woman who led a
female coalition to end war in Greece.
 This play was a short, lighthearted tailpiece
performed.  It is an ancient Greek form of tragic
comedy.  This featured half-man / half-goat
characters known as Satyrs. They were awful,
ridiculous, and usually drunk.

Thespis > the 1st actor and introduced the use  Euripides also wrote Cyclops, an  The Satyr characters lusted after everyone on
of masks and was called as the “Father of adventurous comedy. stage, and they delivered the most humorous lines,
Tragedy”. often at the expense of others.

 Theater building were called theatron.

 Theater – a large, open-air structures constructed on the slopes of a hill. It
consists of three main elements: the orchestra, the skene, and the audience.
 Orchestra – a large circular or rectangular area at the center part of the
theater, where the play, dance, religious rites, and acting took place.
 Theatron – viewing place on the slope of a hill
 Skene – stage
 Parados – side entrance
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 Renaissance Theater (1400-1600)
Renaissance theater arts were characterized by a return of Classic Greek and Roman
arts and culture.

Morality play & Public theaters were

Mystery plays formed a
University drama were developed like the
part of religious festivals
formed to recreate Comedia dell'arte & the
in England and Europe
Athenian Tragedy elaborate Masques

Gorboduc (Ferrex &

One of the supporters
Porrex) was and Englis
of theater was Queen
play and firstperformed
Elizabeth I
before the Queen.

William Shakespeare Englad's

national Poet
Greatest
weiter and "Bard of
Dramatist in Avon"
the world

English poet, His works

William
playwright Shakespear e consist about
and actor 38 plays

WRITTEN WORKS: IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being described.

1. a large, open-air structures constructed on the slopes of a hill.
2 this is the side entrance
3. He is the Father of Tragedy
4. Theater building were called
5. viewing place on the slope of a hill

PERFORMANCE TASK: Character Dress Up!

Imagine yourself as an actor/actress in one of the famous plays in Renaissance
Theater. What will you need to portray the role? A Costume! Dress yourself and take a
photo. Be creative and resourceful!

Maria Nenette G. Mendoza

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