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A Survey of Theatre History
An Online Course of Study Prepared by Janet DeJean Newton
A Companion Course to Drama IPlymouth High School, Plymouth, Wisconsin
A Survey of Theatre History?
• Webster’s dictionary defines survey as “to view or consider comprehensively,” or to view or consider “completely or broadly.”
• So, in a survey of Theatre History, students will have the opportunity to completely explore the evolution of theatre, from its very beginning to today!
Learning Goals for StudentsStudents who complete the Survey of Theatre History course will be able to:
identify the key characteristics of historical movements in the history of theatre,
recognize key literature developed, written, and performed during these time periods,
and, identify principal individuals associated with the history of theatre.
Origins of Theatre
Egyptian Theatre
The Birth House at Edfu. This colonnaded structure was the site of the annual Festival of Coronation, which reenacted the divine birth of Horus and the reigning pharaoh. Around the back of the building are reliefs of Horus being suckled by Isis. A Birth House is a Greco-Roman feature that was not part of older pharaonic temples. (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/egypt/edfu-photos/slides/birth-house-cc-saulo)
Early Ritual, Dramatic Dance, and Storytelling
Phoenician patera, from Idalium, showing a religious ritual dance before a goddess in a temple round a sun emblem. (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm)
Greek and Roman Theatre
Roman theatre, Kermessos. (http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/drama/classical%20drama/unities.html)
Origins of Pantomime and Early Religious Plays
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/everyadd.htm
Asian and Middle Eastern Theatre
http://asiasociety.org/arts/performing-arts/theater/taziyeh-performance-conventions-short-sketch
Medieval Theatre
http://medievaltheatre13.blogspot.com/
German Drama
http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/463-5078
The Evolution of English Drama
http://50yearsindance.com/2011/09/09/marius-petipa-and-the-dance-of-death-historical-footnote-to-marius-petipa-i-marius%E2%80%99s-peripatetic-lifestyle-reminds-me-of-early-artistic-life/
Spanish Theatre
http://www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/Lectures/Hum1/031201/031201hum.htm
Italian Theatre and Commedia dell’arte
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peeter_van_Bredael_Commedia_dell_arte_Szene.jpg
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/dramavenues.htm
Restoration Theatre
http://cerisia.cerosia.org/ENGL333/Self.Consciousness/introduction.htm
Early American Theatre
Theatre Scene 1794. Washington Enjoyed The Theatre,Inviting Friends To Seats In His Box. (http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamericanimages/scenes2.html)
Turn-of-the Century American Theatre
http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/usa/usa_nyc_americantheatre.htm
Vaudeville
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fnorris&CISOPTR=1&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=802&DMHEIGHT=650.58072916667&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=1&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=0&REC=1&DMROTATE=0&x=412&y=328
20th Century Theatre Movements
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/may/18/american-theatre-history
Theatre Today
http://backtobacktheatre.com/
A Survey of Theatre History
Break-a-leg!It’s show time!!
Let’s start surveying!!
Some of the image sources:http://www.freestockphotos.biz/stockphoto/3627
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/011intro.htmhttp://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/041gkorig.htm