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  2. Theatre of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Apparently, the Greek playwrights never used more than three actors based on what is known about Greek theatre. [ 10 ] Tragedy and comedy were viewed as completely separate genres, and no plays ever merged aspects of the two.

  3. History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    Greek theatre, most developed in Athens, is the root of the Western tradition; theatre is a word of Greek origin. [2] It was part of a broader culture of theatricality and performance in classical Greece that included festivals, religious rituals, politics, law, athletics and gymnastics, music, poetry, weddings, funerals, and symposia.

  4. Greek tragedy - Wikipedia

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    Greek tragedy is widely believed to be an extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and theatre, and it heavily influenced the theatre of Ancient Rome and the Renaissance. Tragic plots were most often based upon myths from the oral traditions of archaic epics. In tragic theatre, however, these narratives ...

  5. Theatre of Dionysus - Wikipedia

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    The Theatre of Dionysus [1] (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Dionysus the Liberator [ 2 ] ).

  6. Ancient Greek comedy - Wikipedia

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    Theatrical scene with two comedic actors on a Sicilian red-figure calyx-krater c. 350 –340 BC.. 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.

  7. Comedy and tragedy masks - Wikipedia

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    Originating in the theatre of ancient Greece, the masks were said to help audience members far from the stage to understand what emotions the characters were feeling. [ 1 ] The crying mask is often ascribed the name Melpomene , after the Muse of tragedy, sometimes abbreviated as Melpo , while the laughing mask is named for Thalia , the Muse of ...

  8. Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus - Wikipedia

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    The monument retains the characteristic tripartite structure of a Hellenistic theatre that has a theatron, orchestra, and skene. During Roman times, the theatre (unlike many Greek theatres) did not suffer any modifications. The auditorium is divided vertically into two unequal parts, the lower hollow or theatre and the upper theatre or epitheatre.

  9. Theatre of Thorikos - Wikipedia

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    The Theatre of Thorikos (Greek: Αρχαίο Θέατρο Θορικού), situated north of Lavrio, was an ancient Greek theater in the demos of Thorikos in Attica, Greece. It holds the distinction of being the world's oldest known theater, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] dating back to its construction around 525–480 BC. [ 1 ]