History of Theatre 1 - From Ritual to Theatre

On the origins of Western theater, ancient Greek theatre. More on this subject - Mark Damen:
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/021origins.htm
Personae:
Dionysus, Zeus, Arion, Thespis, hypokrites - the answerer, Peisistratus, Phrynichus, Xerxes, Phoenician women, Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Cassandra, Aegisthus.
Terms:
thymele - altar, tragos - goat, dithyramb - hymn in honor of Dionysus, chorus, extase, enthoustase, The City of Dionysia Festival in Athens, tragedy, Trojan war, skene, prologue, parados, exodus.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• history
• of
• theatre
• from
• ritual
• to
• ancient
• greek
• Aeschylus

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[suzannesadiiqa]

Shouldn't this series be called a 'History of Western European Theatre', I feel sure there were theatrical production in many other countries from earliest times, many of which may well have influenced what we now have as theatre.

[betapicts]

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[ProfessorNotOne]

Awesome video! Much like my own video, Professor NotOne, which teaches about the history of theatre, and goats!

[ProfessorNotOne]

Awesome video! Much like my own video, Professor NotOne, which teaches about the history of theatre, and goats!