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Theatre HistoryGREEK THEATER
Myths
First Theater ParticipantIkhernofret
Abydos Passion Play in Egypt in 1860 B.C.
First Formal TheaterCrete 1400 / 1700 B.C.
ThespisThespian
Greek TheatersAmphitheater
Theatre of Dionysus330 B.C.
Seats / 15,000 people
Theatre at Epidaurus350 B.C.
Seats / 15,000 people
Theatre at Ephesus
Seats / 25,000 People
Greek Theater Conventions
Tragedy:Is a serious play with a protagonist who bravely faces troubles cause by his own actions or the actions of others.
Aeschylus
The Oresteia, the greatest, most vast complex group of plays in history including Shakespeare.
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Euripides
The Trojan Women & Medea
Comedy:an up beat or humorous play about daily life.
Aristophanes
Birds, Frogs, or Clouds
Menander
The Grouch
Satyr Were companions of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, and were supposedly half-man, half-beast.
Satyr Plays were short comic relief presented at the end of the tragedies.
Cyclops, by EuripidesThe Trackers, by Sophocles
το τέλοςThe End