What is theater?

◦“A place for seeing”

 What is theatre?
◦Theatre is a collaborative form of
performing art that uses live performers,
typically actors or actresses, to present
the experience of a real or imagined
event before a live audience in a
specific place, often a stage.
Theatre started…
◦Used in festivals
to honor their
Gods.
Theatre started…
 Three Types of Drama
◦What are the three types of
drama?
◦T RAGEDY
◦C OMEDY
◦S ATYR
TRAGEDY…
◦“tragos”meaning “goat”and “won”
(ode) meaning song.
◦that presents a serious subject matter
about human suffering and
corresponding terrible events in a
dignified manner.
TRAGEDY PLAYWRIGHTS…
 GREEK THEATRE
◦Actors=Directors=dramatists
COMEDY…
◦The motif of this dramatic work is
triumph over unpleasant circumstance
by creating comic effects, resulting in
a happy or successful conclusion.
SATYR…
◦ancient Greek drama that
preserves the structure and
characters of tragedy while
adopting a happy atmosphere and
a rural background.
◦a kind of “joking tragedy.”
ROMAN THEATRE
◦ETRUSCANS are the first actors in
theaters.
◦In 240 B.C.,
THE TRIUMVIR POMPEY/
THEATER OF POMPEY
ROMAN THEATRE
◦Usual themes: Chariot races,
galdiators, and public
executions.
◦Romans love to watch combat
and admired blood sports and
gladiator competitions.
350-250 b.c.