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Dionysus was the god of wine and celebration and many festivals were thrown in his name. Thespis jumped out of the diptlyram and acted out his characters. Only men were allowed to perform in plays and vote for best play during festivals, although women and slaves were allowed to watch.

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Every play had to have a monument of the emperor in order to perform. Roman culture was very fond of Greek culture and used a lot of their ideas. They plays the Roman’s performed had to be changed from lewde, to conservative and “general.”

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Every play had a strong moral message, and there were two types of opera. Civil and military opera. There was 300 different types of dress and 350 types of makeup. Tang Dynasty starts combining music and acrobatics into theatre and the Mondale ushered in the golden age of literature.

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Noh theatre has a history of some 650 years, and is still a very relevant art form today. Dance routines always tended to be the main attraction.

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Sanskrit Theatre 1500 B.C.- 15th Century A.D.

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Sanskrit Theatre 1500 B.C.- 15th Century A.D.

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Nataka plays and prakarana plays are the most common and surviving plays. Natyastrata’s introduced different moods and 10 categories of play. The golden age of Sanskrit theatre was around 400-500 B.C.

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Middle Ages Theatre 10th Century-15th Century

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Middle Ages Theatre 10th Century-15th Century

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In 1210, the Pope says the clergy can’t perform plays in public, and all plays had to be Christian based. Cycle plays depicted the old and new testimate, also known as passion plays when discussing Christ.

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The first tragedy on an English subject is ‘The Tragedie of Gorbodue’ made by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville. Henry the seventh, the first Tudor king loved theatre so much that he paid for court entertainment. But in 1558, Elizabeth the first cracked down on religious and political plays, which pretty much ended cycle plays.

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James Burbage built the very first theatre in 1576 and it was named ‘The Theatre.’ In 1596, London’s authorities banned public presentation of plays and all theaters in London. All actors were male until 1660.

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Before The American Revolution, plays were outlawed so it would weaken the Indigenous Community. The first play was performed in Canada, then known as New France. Forrest and Mcready had a heated feud about the role of Macbeth.

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Broadway is one of America’s most influential entertainment exports, and during World War II, there was a 20 year golden age in theatre. The first American musical comedies on Broadway were created in the 1870’s by a duo called Harrigan and Hart.