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6th Century BCE Athens
- Greek theatre was built to honor Greek God Dionysus.
- A Dithyramb turned into theatre.
- A hillside theatre held 14,000 citizens.
- Performance contests were held and winners were rewarded.
- Thespic (masks)

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400/240 BCE Rome
- Copied a lot of Greek Theatre.
- Roman Theatre was considered just another optional entertainment to watch.
- Ludi Romani (Festival honoring Jupiter) This was created because of a plague, plays were to cheer people up.
- Full costumes were created.

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Han Dynasty (206BCE) Ancient China
- The stage was minimalized by each prop having a greater meaning. (Black Silk = Storm)
- There were four different character types based on face paint and clothing color.
- Golden Age of literature began when people were out of the job and began to write.

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14th Century Japan
- Noh play types are Kami Mono, Shura Mono, Katsura Mono, Gendai Mono and Kyojo Mono, Kichiku Mono.
- Acts began to develop earlier than the 14th century with woman performers but later on males were only allowed to be on stage.
- Plays mostly evolve around nature and their ideas of life.
- The idea of a Noh play is to set a mood not really to tell a story.
- Their are three characters in a Noh Play.
- Kyogen plays are a careful put together comical performance.
- They use fans as symbols. They also wear beautiful clothing.

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Before 1st Century CE India
- Similar to how Greek theatre developed (someone began acting out the song).
- Sanskrit was the first play-write developed in India.
- Rasa developed from Bahvas (emotions).There were ten kinds of plays.
- No strict policy were only men could perform. Anyone could watch these dramas.
- The entire set was meant to symbolize the whole universe.
- Actions give a lot of detail of what is going on in a scene.

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Middle Ages Theatre (Passion/Mystery Plays)

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Middle Ages Theatre (Passion/Mystery Plays)

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14th Century England
- Groups have each their own ideas and sets they put together and perform.
- Plays are put on wagons and performed in the streets.
- First European plays that combine religion and secular life.
- Actors didn't need to be professional but had to take the work seriously.

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1500s England
- Similar to Middle ages.
- Staged in other places due to no permanent structure. Later had many theatres built destroyed and rebuilt. Buildings became more higher classed(private theatre).
- Theatre performance was banned due to rumors of plays spreading plague.
- Woman going to see plays wasn't considered respectable. (No woman were allowed to perform)
- Food and beverages were availible.
- Not much added detail or props were added.

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Late 1500 England
- The Globe Theatre
- Since plays stopped because of the plague, Shakespeare writes poems in that time and begins performing once theatres are open again.
- New plays were required very often due to the fact they had no classics to perform.
- Many actors/playwrights had to have another job, Shakespeare was share holder in the company.
- Shakespeare's scripts were published to honor him after he passed in "Shakespeare's First Folio".

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North America
- Some theatres were boat theatres that traveled along the Mississippi River.
- Americans liked theatre but also did not wanted to create a new nation separate from the British.
- Their common plays from over seas but writing plays became popular.
- Edwin Forrest and William Macready had a rivalry and caused the audience to take action against Macready of the role "Macbeth".

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Present Day New York City
- Theatre had to become more structered to compete with other entertainment such as telivision.
- Realistic and expressionism is used a lot in productions.
- Book Musicals tied the plot of the story and music together.
- Twenty-year golden age was musicals with wit, sophistication, catchy songs,and great choreography.
- "Oklahoma!" was the Musical that really put everything together.