# data[].attributes.body
People would sing songs called dithyrambs

They would have dithyramb contests between 3 people

During poductions they would have 3 characters on stage and a chorus

# data[].attributes.body
A village was created on top of the seating area of a theatre

Plays were not able to mention politicians by name

Barely any roman plays have survived

# data[].attributes.body
When narratives came to china authors would go and read portions

They had a list of 500 songs for playwrites to choose from, they never made new ones

They had characters like men, women, clowns, and painted face roles

# data[].attributes.body
In Noh theatre they wear mask where in Kabuki they wear make-up

The Noh stage is only used for Noh theatre

Noh is one of the oldest types of theatrenperformance in the world that is still being performed

# data[].attributes.body
Bharata Muini was the philosopher

Brahma thought of drama as a religious teaching tool

Sanskrit plays have between 1 and 10 acts

They were the first group to allow women to act

# data[].attributes.body
Morality and mystery plays were the first plays to unite scripture and secular

They had to have plays outside cause they kept running put of space

Cycle plays were also known as passion plays, when they said passion they were talking about the passion of Jesus Christ

# data[].attributes.body
Wrote Roman style plays

Neoclassical plays were invented

Nobles made up both the audience and actors

# data[].attributes.body
Shakespeare joined Lord Chamberlain men as an actor, playwrite, and shareholder

Shakespeare dies in 1616 at the age of 52

In 1623 John Heminges and Henry Condell, decided + collect and publish Shakespeare’s work

# data[].attributes.headline
Early North American Theatre 1666AD- 1734AD

# data[].attributes.subject
Early North American Theatre 1666AD- 1734AD

# data[].attributes.body
Did not start with colonizers, many indigenous communities practiced ritual performances

The first american colonists are puntans and saw theatre as a sin

Satirical dramas, american writers make anti-british plays, really take off during the Revolution

# data[].attributes.body
Book musicals are what got broadway on the road to what it is today

The first thoroughly modern musical was the 1927 Show Boat

Oklahoma! is the musical that put music, lyrics, book scenes, and ballet together to tell a distinctly american story