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Theatre literally means “The seeing place”
There were theatre competitions
Only male citizens could vote for the best plays and preform in plays

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They started to professionalize actors and acting
If the plays offended politicians, the writers and actors copied get fed to tigers
They legitimized theaters by pouting a statue of the ruler in the building

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Began as religious rituals then grew into what it is now
The emperor founded a school for the actors
Beijing opera was very common

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Props are often a suggestion
The floor of the theatre is constructed with large empty jars for sound effects
In Kabuki theatre there are trap doors where actors can make extreme entrances and exits

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Instead of genera (comedy, tragedy, etc.) they’re based off the mood they create (happy, sad, anger, etc.)
Most Sanskrit plays have a happy ending
Most plays Fran 5-10 acts long, (new/traditional plays are usually only 2)

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To make the plays less sinful, clergymen preformed them in churches
City cycle plays were organized by religious or trade and craft guilds
Started a tradition of every 10 years they preformed a passion play

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Introduced humanism which encouraged an upsurge in human achievement
From 1560 till present day, women were allowed on stage but many women don’t preform on stage so most plays are still men actors
Had stock characters, all of which had a specific dress, accent, and even food associated to them

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Most plays Shakespeare wrote weren’t published by him
Two years after he died two people publish all of Shakespeares plays that he hadn’t published
Most play writes made most of their money through side jobs, not through the plays

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The earliest plays were preformed in Canada and were about the French government
Originally America didn’t want plays because they were “to British”
The first American written play to become popular was “The contrast” written by Royal Tyler

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Modern Broadway theatre 1885-Present day

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Modern Broadway theatre 1885-Present day

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Lorraine Hansberry wrote “A raisin in the sun” to tell the story of her family and all the hardships they faced as black people living in America
A lot of the most popular plays were tragedies and were loosely based off of the writers life and experiences
There is a lot of symbolism in early theatre that is still seen today