https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct Olivia Anderson Drama class en-us 2022-02-25 19:47:32 UTC 2024-05-28 12:22:04 UTC hello@padlet.com andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2066942439 This theater was built to honor the god Dionysius the god of drama or theater and wine. It was built in a large bowl shape and could seat up to 14,000 people with 55 rows of seats. It was a huge architectural feet of the time and was made so that no surface was flat as to enhance the acoustics. It is still one of the worlds greatest theaters that is still putting on productions to this day.]]> 2022-02-25 20:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2066942439 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068666813 2022-02-28 01:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068666813 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068672613 Dithyrambs were originally songs sang worshiping the god of drama. They then developed into theater when a singer (Thespus) started acting out the different characters in the songs. He later used masks to act out each character witch lead to the early creation of Greek dramas. The word thespian that we have today for actors derives from the word Thespus.]]> 2022-02-28 02:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068672613 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068673616 2022-02-28 02:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068673616 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068726749 Roman comedy consisted of middle comedy witch has no surviving plays from and new comedy witch preceded Alexander the great’s death. The most well known play write from new comedy was Menander who wrote 100 play with only parts of 4 surviving. middle comedy became less observant and less obscene and related more to everyday life creating the phrase “Menander or life witch imitated witch”. In this time there were three major types of productions Atellan farce witch was a lude mime done by actors called phylyakes, versus fescennin witch were jokingly obscene poems, and fibula saturae preformed by histriones. Although out of all three atellan farce survived the longest.]]> 2022-02-28 02:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068726749 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068728458 2022-02-28 02:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2068728458 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2069353889 2022-02-28 12:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2069353889 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070182417 Performances such as tight rope walking, pole climbing, sword swallowing,fire eating, mime, juggling, and shadow play begin to appear ]]> 2022-02-28 19:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070182417 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070699315 During the Tang Dynasty theater becomes prominent combining aspects such as music, dance, and acrobatics. The emperor of the time opened a training school for theater called The Pear Tree Garden.]]> 2022-03-01 03:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070699315 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070700559 Spoken plays start to become written down. Today we have approximately 150 play fragments left.]]> 2022-03-01 03:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070700559 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070718112 The Yan dynasty brings in a golden age of drama that drew mainly from history and legend. Plays would usually range for months or even years and would have strong moral messages embedded in them. The two main types of plays in this time were Jazu witch was in northern China and Chuan-qu in southern china. Jazu plays would usually consist of 4 acts with two famous plays surviving till now The Orphan Of Zhao and The Circle Of Chalk. Churn-qu plays would be anywhere from 30-40 acts long with the play The Peony Pavilion surviving till today.]]> 2022-03-01 03:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2070718112 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074607210 Although theater was loved in this time laws were passed to restrict religious plays. These laws were made due to the constant switches from Catholic to prodistant that the English churches were making. Queen Elizabeth the first enacted these laws that forced theaters into different directions.]]> 2022-03-03 00:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074607210 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074615966 The first tragedy drama in England was The Tragedy Of Gorboduc witch was written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville. It was first preformed on stage in 1561 and was written in blank verse.]]> 2022-03-03 00:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074615966 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074617974 2022-03-03 00:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074617974 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074641373 After World War One broadway began to fade from popularity. In order to bring it back a new age or realism was brought in influenced by modernist structures. One of these play writes was Thomas Lanier Williams who was born I’m Mississippi in 1911. In 1944 he had his first big success on stage with the play The Glass Minagery an American family drama. William’s most famous quote was “ A new plastic theater must take the place of the exhausted theater of realistic convention if theater is to resume vitality as part of our culture.” ]]> 2022-03-03 00:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074641373 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074643210 2022-03-03 00:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074643210 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074697306 Neil Simon was one of the most popular play writers of modern day theater. His first play on broadway was in 1961 and was an autobiographical play called Blow Your Horn. After he produced this play he went on to write 29 more plays and became a broadway sensation. ]]> 2022-03-03 01:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074697306 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074699205 2022-03-03 01:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074699205 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074706700 The play Hamilton was revolutionary to modern day theater. It was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda witch came to broadway in 2015. This iconic musical debuted with an almost entirely black cast and features broadways fastest rap Guns And Ships. It incorporates modern day music with historical events and is a must see musical.]]> 2022-03-03 01:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074706700 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074708917 2022-03-03 01:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074708917 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074709625 2022-03-03 01:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074709625 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074745672 Mystery and morality plays were the first kind of European plays to incorporate both religion and secular life in a thousand years. They would be put on by towns people and many would travel to see them. Mystery plays get there name because the word mystery meant trade and most people preforming there were everyday people would would work in trades. Morality plays on the other hand got their name from the incorporation of moral questions raised within them.]]> 2022-03-03 01:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074745672 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074827176 2022-03-03 02:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074827176 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074830361 2022-03-03 02:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074830361 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074834249 2022-03-03 02:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2074834249 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076004480 Noh plays were the most popular kind of plays in Japan. Kyogen are the scenes in between the plays. Noh plays developed from kaggura witch were dances preformed by priestesses. Later when Buddhism arrived creating more forms or dance soon after Buddhists took in performances into their temple as a way of worship. To this day we still have 21 examples of Noh plays.]]> 2022-03-03 15:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076004480 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076006120 2022-03-03 15:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076006120 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076042311 Sanskrit literature started around 1500 BCE and started as an oral tradition. The two greatest works of this time were the Mahabharata and the Ramayana and most dramas evolved from theses epics. The dates of the first dramas is unknown but we do have 2 dozen plays left from this time. The plays from this time tended to be mostly written in Sanskrit the more formal writing and Prakrit the informal writing. ]]> 2022-03-03 15:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076042311 andero0032 https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076043596 2022-03-03 15:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/andero0032/ex26rkvvmsv9w7ct/wish/2076043596