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