Greek & Roman Drama
Alana Martin
Greek and Roman Backround
- The origins of Greek & Roman drama lied in religious, practices, festivals and holy days.
- Drama developed further as poets began writing scenes for performers to act out.
- There were two types of drama including comedy and tragedy.
- Tragedies are plays that were serious and dealt with the suffering of heroic characters.
- Most of the tragedies were mythological or had historical figures.
- Comedies were humorous plays set mostly in invented situations rather than the world of myth or legends.
- The roots of comedy lie in religious dances that included people wearing masks or disguises.
- The Greek tragedian Sophocles ranks foremost among Greek dramatist
- Of approximately 125 tragedies Sophocles has written he has only survived 7.
- The people thought that he had found tragedy up in the clouds and brought them down on earth
- http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/paleoclimatology/science-halcyon- days-ancient-greek-theater-climate-01797.html
- http://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_teachers/resources/all_resources-1/resource_greek_theatre.aspx
- "Drama, Roman." Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students.
- http://www.19thshop.com/book/plays-sophocles/
Types of plays
There were two types of plays including comedy and tragedy. Both tragedies and comedies were very popular.
The roles of men
Men were the only people who preformed in drama. woman didn't start preforming until a later date
The Colosseum
The Colosseum was where they preformed most of there plays
Masks
Mask are one of the most common artifacts that link back to roman and Greek drama and they show how the people portrayed there characters.
Sophocles book
This volume contains the first printing of Oedipus Rex, generally considered the greatest Greek tragedy
pottery
Pottery has shown the scenes of drama and the props and clothes they use to get into character..