Greek and Roman Theatre

By Abbie and Georgia

The Greek Stage

Orchestra

Proscenion

Skene

Parodos

Greek Stage

Proscenium Arena

Apron

Thrust

Transverse

Greek Theatre

Greek theatre is the origin of performance as we know it today.

All of the stories shown in the theatre were created from the society and based around the gods.

During the ages of the Greeks the arts were seen as something important to have in your life.

Greek Play Writes

Aeschylus- (525-456 BC)

Sophocles-(495-406BC).

Euripides-(484-406 BC)

Comedy Comedy is one of the most important parts of Greek theatre.

It began with short plays making comments about current topics and lots of slap-stick comedy. Later these plays became full length.

The last stage of Greek theatre was new comedy, which is much like our situation comedy today.

The most famous writer was Menander but only five of his plays remain, however none of them are complete.

The Origins of Roman Theatre

Roman theatre contains many of the same components of Greek theatre because when the Romans invaded Greece they took over their traditions but adapted them for Roman culture

The Roman StageAll of the stages in Roman times were built on flat ground with raked seats with a decorated wall around them.

The main point of the theatre was the high stage. A curtain was placed in front of the stage which disappeared into the trough in front of the stage.

It was sometimes roofed but more often they were open. The chorus was no longer use, which meant that the orchestra went as well.

Roman Play Writes

Terence

Plautus

Roman Theatre

• The ideas of these play writes strongly influenced the writers of the renaissance. They also invented the idea of a play taking place in one place and all in the same day.

Theatre became more obscene or spectacular including acrobatic acts or water shows and featured reacted navel battles and mythology.

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