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The Origin of Greek theatre started from a festival honoring a god, Dionysus where three dramatic genres emerged; tragedy, comedy and the satyr play.

Fun fact the first plays were preformed in the theatre of Dionysus built in the shadow of the Acropolis in Athens, They became popular and spread around Greece. Greek plays were preformed outdoors and usually consisted of three actors who would go backstage and change masks.

The Greek theatre helped to influence the acting industry today from elements such as, the masks and the chorus (the most important component) . They narrated the action and reflected otherwise the audience would have no background information and be confused. They move as one and spoke, sang, or said basic information. They were narrators. Used in modern performances now, for example Shakespeare, he used tragedy which originated from Greek Theatre. The genre tragedy is still steadily used in modern productions.

Overall the Greek theatre helped to shape the acting industry moderately as the genres that immersed through has led to many more successful creative plays.

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During the medieval times religious performance's played a key part in entertainment. It helped to convey the religious stories, morals and messages to a mostly illiterate audience. A communal and interactive form of entertainment to help show the key messages within the church and from society by large. They had 4 important performance types, such as Mystery play, Morality plays, Miracle plays and Farces&Interludes.

A Mystery play focused on important stories in the bible like the Creation story and The Nativity. Preformed in a open place such as town centres or markets.

Morality plays consisted of characters based on virtues and vices to teach moral lessons often staged in a church or Guildhalls(a meeting place, like in London the hall for corporations used for ceremonials and occasions).

The Miracle plays helped to show the lives of important saints and miracles they have to them.

Farces and interludes were short funny plays preformed in between the main religious acts.

Pageant wagons were used to help move scenes along, helping the acts flow, the actors were amateurs and dressed simple like robes or a garment as well as simple sets.

Therefore performances relied heavily on Dialogue, physical movement and voice as well as masks, which helped to show off different characters.

Medieval theatre was interactive for the audience, as spectators were often encouraged to join the actors on stage.

These plays were normally performed by guilds or community’s, giving a sense of collective and involvements with others. Now known in Modern theatre as “breaking the fourth wall” Where the actors can break the invisible wall separating the audience and the actors, to break it means the actors talk to the audience and involve them in the play.

Modern Theatre was influenced by the church, the plays were often held in the guilds or the institutions and took religious instruction.

As well as the significant impact on modern theatre of the use of outdoors, churches, town squares and the use of imaginary being a key part of medieval theatre as they only used simple props and sets.

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Elizabethan theatre(14th -16th century) 

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Elizabethan theatre(14th -16th century) 

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Elizabethan theatre// English renaissance, a style of performance that increased in popularity during Elizabeths 1st reign.

Professional actors who preformed blank verses and non religious themes. As plays were being preformed more frequently,, daily it led to permanent acting company’s which increased the theatres and actors pay.

The English Renaissance made a big impact in the acting industry as all social classes got to enjoy the entertainment and indulge their desire to have fun, which the acting company’s got to do with the new growing popular themes like, Romance, tragedy, comedy.

Also the famous actor then and now William Shakespeare, who preformed at the Globe theatre in London and has influenced today as many of his plays are still popular and preformed today. He also brought crowds who expected a complex storyline. Which can still be seen now such as promenade staging, acts preformed outdoors or in an unusual locations, for example sandbanks promenade, to bring crowds in for an exciting play.

This influenced other countries to do the same like: Bath,Bristol, Norwich and York. It became a permanent base for

actors during the Elizabeth the 1st reign.

Overall the change from only religious texts being preformed Led to more creativity in the acting industry and playwrights. Also influences amazing plays preformed on a promenade stage, to find more cool staging types.

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Now in modern times, the influence on theatre and drama over time have been big, as in all three of these period has influenced now, such as Greek theatre introduced a genre of tragedy, comedy and satyr as well as in medieval theatre where 4 important types came though such as A mystery play, for story telling, morality plays to help teach people,

Miracles plays to tell the audience about the stories and miracles of important saints and Farces & interludes which were short funny plays preformed between religious productions.

So we already see how Greek theatre had an impact on medieval theatre of the genre comedy, which was significant as we see in Elizabethan theatre a popular genre was comedy, which socially and economically had a significant impact as all social class got to enjoy a entertaining play which led to acting companies profiting from the enjoyment of people, which we now see in today and a new impact with technology with large companies and corporations such as Netflix, Disney+ gaining profits of the comedic enjoyment us as a audience engage in.

As well as another genre tragedy, we see has had a impact li

since Greek theatre as well and especially seen in Elizabeth theatre of the works of William Shakespeare, such as Romeo and Juliet and 12th night, tragic plays written by him and his plays are still seen now in modern times which can help teach morals and values. Seen in medieval types (morality plays).

We also see the influence of stage types as in Greek theatre they used now in modern times called a thrust stage, they were called in Greek theatre; parados, the walk ways. The Theatron, the seating which was a horse shoe shape around orchestra which was the music and the skene the main stage.

As we often see now in modern plays/ productions a seating place around the main stage in the centre, as well as the significance of outdoor theatre seen in all three type’s Greek, medieval and elizabethan theatre, which all include involvement with the public.

We also see the use of importance of voice, gestures in story telling to a mostly illiterate audience in medieval times, the use of simple props and sets which let the audience use their imagination.

Overall these are three key periods of time that created a significant impact on modern theatre and impact on each other.

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During the time of Greek theatre, there were no Technology like we have today, however they did have a moving stage, called the ekkykleme and mechane, it was a spinning floor which would be used to show dead characters on the stage, and used to changed scenery's/ settings, the use of a cane to make the characters look like they are flying.

Then during the Medieval period, technology became more advanced, introducing trapdoors, flying tools, being able to be lifted on and off stage and fire; for example the hellmouth which was a large fire breathing monster. Pageants wagons were very popular as well, they were wheeled wood carts that went through towns acting multiple times, making theatre more accessible as the people didn’t need to make their way to the church. One of the first recorded elements of theatre.

Technology in elizabethan era, still had trapdoors, to make the characters disappear and had tables that could make props vanish as well. Shakespeare used fireworks used to create a storm noise but this technology wasn’t used too much.

Modern day theatre now has a wide range of technology, such as, slideshows, 3d animations, music, lighting, sound effects and virtual reality.

These effects helping to engage the audience. Set designers having more control on what will be used best for the story.

Virtual reality is a new technology brought into modern society, making it a lot more immersive, for example a play called smile at dundee, were a headset was used which transported them into a different visual experience, the effects of vr in theatre, helps retention and produces more of a positive emotion than negative and a higher engagement. This new technology will have a big impact in the future of theatre as vr is already a big thing with games and is already impacting the acting industry.