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Greek theatre started in 525bce and ended in 385bce
A theatron is a seeing place or seats for the theatre
They would normally have 2-3 actors actually acting or in chorus at one time
Athenians took theatre very seriously, thinking it would help  sickness

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Roman theatre started in 364ad and ended in 533ad
They were restricted from building cement centers unless it was for a place of religion or worship
Around this time acting was looked down upon. Seen as unprofessional and disrespectful

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Chinese theatre started around 5ce and ended around 3-2ce
Performance schools such as Pear Gordon opened up for people to pursue their acting
Every play contained a message
Costumes along with makeup were color coded to hint to who the character was and to give background to the characters

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Japanese theatre started around the 1300’s and ended around the 1500’s
Noh stages were built in a specific so the audience could see the sides of the stage
The makeup and costumes were used to designate social classes
Noh theatre and dramas are still preformed today

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Sanskrit started around the 1500’s
During this time the theatre was considered to be the golden age
Drama became a religious teaching mechanism
The plays were defined by the moods they noticed in the audience

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Middle age theatre started around the 14th century and ended around the 17th century
They preformed mystery and morality plays
As the theatre went on dramas became more important because they were seen to spread worship
They invented plays that are known as cycle plays

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Renaissance theatre started around the same time as the middle age theatre (14-17th century)
The renaissance theatre is known for introducing humanism in theatre
The Italians pushed to get rid of choruses in the theatre
Near the 1560’s women were allowed to preform on stage

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Elizabethan theatre started around the 1500’s/1600’s and ended towards the 1650’s
The globe was a type of theatre/stage invented that divided the social classes into different seating
The globe had an open ceiling, natural lit because artificial lighting wasn’t invented yet, performances had to be in the   sunlight
During part of the Elizabethan theatre era plays were banned as they were seen to be against religions

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North American theatre started in the late 1600’s and ended in the 1800’s
The first play recorded and preformed was called “ye bare ye cubb”
In 1766 the first theatre was built
Many of their plays were influenced by the Spanish and indigenous

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Broadway started in the 1900’s and still continues to this day
The Lyceum theatre was the first theatre built on broadway
Broadway theatres have around 13 million spectators
The phantom of the opera is the most famous preformed show