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Began in 550 BC. Ended in 220 BC

Worshippers lofted a giant phallus and sang songs called dithurambs.

Dithyurambs evolved in theatre when singers started acting out the action for them.

The theatre of Dionysus was an outdoor amphitheater built into athenian hillside.

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Began in 51 BC. Endend in 5th century.

Its very similar to greek theatre.

Middle comedy lasted from 400 BCE to 300 BCE.

The writer Alexander, wrote about 400 plays.

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Began in the Yuan Period.

The Chinese theatre starts very early.

Wu priests would stage elaborate seances.

During the Han Dynasty, which started in 206 BCE, performance becomes more wild-spread and more secular.

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Began in 14th century.

Kabuki developed during the tokugawa shogunate.

The red light district was called Ukiyo.

In 1642, men playing women’s roles were outlawed.

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Began in 15th century. Ended in AD 1100

Sanskrit literature starts around 1500 BCE.

Most Sanskrit dramas are based on experts who have written the plays.

Prakrit is the most common dialect used in Sanskrit dramas.

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Began in 5th century

Mystery plays and morality plays were the first Europenas plays.

Colossal Churches became too small to contain the theatre for how popular it is.

Theatre sticks pretty closely to the Bible and associated religious texts.

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Began in 15th century

The renaissance in Italy lasts from roughly 1300 to 1600.

The renaissance introduced humanism.

In the 1300, Italian writers started trying to make their plays and make their own ideas but it didn’t seem to work out that well.

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Began in 1576

In 1582, Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway(who was only eight years old).

In 1597, Shakespeare made money to buy the second fanciest place of England.

Writing plays was often a group effort.

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Began in 1690

Governments often suppressed and outlaw these performances.

First scripted play performed in North America.

The play was called “The Theatre of Neptune” and it was performed in a harbor outside the French settlement.

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Began in 1735

Melodrama was originally a musical form.

In the 1860s, there was a musical that was called “The Black Crook”.

The producers paired the dangers with a totally incomprehensible play about black magic.