Theater timeline by Elena Elliott https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva en-us 2022-09-27 19:31:36 UTC 2022-10-05 19:31:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/701496533/dcc4d10c0477dd40367a3e4268f19a95/drawing_2022_09_29_11_21.png Greek Theater 550 BC - 220 BC ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2316282083
  • Theater was treated as medicine 
  • The amphitheater has 55 rows of seats
  • There is no need for acoustics since it was built in a way where sound is amplified. A coin dropped in the center can be heard from the last row.
    • ]]>     2022-09-27 19:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2316282083     Roman Theater 364 BC - 325 BC ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2316287011
  • They always have a large building behind the stage.
  • They had to have a monument of the emperor.
  • Actors had little rights, and this is when middle comedy came out which was not favorited by people and eventually died out.
    • ]]>     2022-09-27 20:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2316287011     Chinese Theater 1766 BC - 1066 BC ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319720007
  • It was going on the same time as Greek theater.
  • Zaju were 4 acts long with 10 to 20 songs and 2 voice ranges.
  • Chuan-qu had 30 to 50 acts and only used the pentatonic scale.
    • ]]>     2022-09-29 16:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319720007     Japanese Theater 1603 - 1867 ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319720930
  • Non is performed exclusively by men.
  • Men in Kabuki had to shave their heads.
  • Bunraku uses puppets and female puppets don’t have feet.
  • The main controller of the puppet does not wear a mask.
    • ]]>     2022-09-29 16:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319720930     Sanskrit Theater 1st century - 1400’s ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319833352
  • The book about Sanskrit theater is written in poem form.
  • The book is very detailed, and it even describes different ways to move one’s nose.
  • First plays to let woman perform.
    • ]]>     2022-09-29 17:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319833352     Middle Ages 10th century - late 1400’s ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319839572
  • The theater was outside on wagons since the churches were too small for the plays.
  • Guilds of working class people worked on parts for their own professions. Ex: chefs would do the last supper.
  • The plays focused on mystery, religion, morality, and common life.
    • ]]>     2022-09-29 17:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319839572     Italien Theater 14th CE - 16th CE ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319841576
  • Italian theater was the first to get away from religion.
  • The scenes were no longer than three minutes.
  • Woman were aloud to be in the play.
    • ]]>     2022-09-29 17:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2319841576     Elizabethan Theater 1500’s - 1600’s ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2320031985
  • Plays had to be performed in daylight.
  • Cheapest place to be is in the front with the common folk.
  • There would be a flag flown to show people that there was a play being performed.
    • ]]>     2022-09-29 20:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2320031985     Broadway Theater 1750 - current day ellioe0222 https://padlet.com/ellioe0222/l0snhnz1zxlt2dva/wish/2328176520
  • There are 41 broadway theaters being used on broadway.
  • The theater had to close down for Covid-19.
  • Tickets usually are at least $100 or more.
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