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-Thespians used masks to act of different characters
-They use comedy as medicine
-They would win things for who ever is the best comedian

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-Called amphitheater
-Include music, dance, and reactments
-Mask brown for male and white for women

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-Religious rituals, song and dance
-Pear Garden is a popular training school
-Plays ranged from months to years

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-Noh movement is very slow
-Major actors wear carved wooden masks
-Noh and Kyogen are the oldest forms of Japanese theater.

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-Starts around 1500 BC
- Only 2000 dramas survived
- There are 8 rasa’s

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-Were the first European plays to unite religious life and spectacular life.
-Dark ages are mystery plays
-Padgett wagons are like theater mobiles

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-Comedy plays
-It created a visual effect for the audience
-Colors symbolize social hierarchy

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-These kind of plays were enjoyed by the queen
-Plays were performed in the courtyards of inns
-Elizabethan theaters attracted huge crowds (3,000 people)

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-The first North American play was called Bear and the Cub.
-The first theatre in America was built in 1766.
-The oldest theatre is The Walnut Street Theatre.

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-New York’s Broadway shows attract more that 13 million spectators annual.
-Broadway receives its name from the Dutch.
-Only 4 theaters are actually located in Broadway.