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The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens in the 5th century BC, vibrant traditions of theatre have flourished in cultures across the world. [1]
Nevertheless, the mask is known to have been used since the time of Aeschylus and considered to be one of the iconic conventions of classical Greek theatre. [ 19 ] Masks were also made for members of the chorus, who play some part in the action and provide a commentary on the events in which they are caught up.
The Roman Theatre, Clio History Journal, 2009. Roman Theater, Roman Colosseum, 2008. Classical Drama and Theatre, Mark Damen, Utah State University; What the Roman Play Was Like, A Short History of the Drama, Martha Fletcher Bellinger; Rhyme, Women, and Song: Getting in Tune with Plautus, Anne H. Groton, Olaf College
The Renaissance theatre marked the beginning of the modern theatre due to the rediscovery and study of the classics, the ancient theatrical texts were recovered and translated, which were soon staged at the court and in the curtensi halls, and then moved to real theatre. In this way the idea of theatre came close to that of today: a performance ...
French theatre in the 16th-century followed the same patterns of evolution as the other literary genres of the period. For the first decades of the century, public theatre remained largely tied to its long medieval heritage of mystery plays, morality plays, farces, and soties, although the miracle play was no longer in vogue.
Molière in classical dress, by Nicolas Mignard, 1658. Classicism in the theatre was developed by 17th century French playwrights from what they judged to be the rules of Greek classical theatre, including the "Classical unities" of time, place and action, found in the Poetics of Aristotle.
Ancient Greek comedy (Ancient Greek: κωμῳδία, romanized: kōmōidía) was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play). Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods: Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy.
The history of the origin of theatre in India is highly controversial. ... Yakshagana is a popular semi-classical theatre art from coastal Karnataka. It uses rich ...