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In the theatre of ancient Greece, the skene was the structure at the back of a stage. The word skene means 'tent' or 'hut', and it is thought that the original structure for these purposes was a tent or light building of wood and was a temporary structure. [ 1 ]
Searchable database of monologues for actors from Ancient Greek Theatre; Logeion: A Journal of Ancient Theatre with free access which publishes original scholarly articles including its reception in modern theatre, literature, cinema and the other art forms and media, as well as its relation to the theatre of other periods and geographical regions.
Greek theater buildings were called a theatron ('seeing place'). The theaters were large, open-air structures constructed on the slopes of hills. The most famous open-air greek theater was the Globe Theater where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed. They consisted of three principal elements: the orchestra, the skene, and the audience.
An ekkyklêma or eccyclema (/ ˌ ɛ k s ɪ ˈ k l iː m ə /; Greek: εκκύκλημα; "roll-out machine") was a wheeled platform rolled out through a skênê in ancient Greek theatre. It was used to bring interior scenes out into the sight of the audience. [1] Some ancient sources suggest that it may have been revolved or turned. [2]
In ancient Rome, the stage area in front of the scaenae frons (equivalent to the Greek skene) was known as the pulpitum, and the vertical front dropping from the stage to the orchestra floor, often in stone and decorated, as the proscaenium, again meaning "in front of the skene". In the Greek and Roman theatre, no proscenium arch existed, in ...
Photo of the theatre today: remains of the skene in the foreground, the semi-circular orchestra with the base of the thymele, and the two rows of edolia of the koilon.. The Second Ancient Theatre of Larissa (Greek: Β΄ Αρχαίο Θέατρο της Λάρισας) is an ancient Greek theatre in the city of Larissa in Thessaly, Greece.
The parodos is a large passageway affording access either to the stage (for actors/ singers) or to the orchestra (for the chorus) of the ancient Greek theater.The parodoi can be distinguished from the entrances to the stage from the skene, or stage building, as the two parodoi are long ramps [2] located on either side of the stage, between the skene and the theatron, or audience seating area.
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