Can somebody please simply explain whats different with greek theatre/drama compared to other theatre?

Question

i need a bit of a history lesson!

Answer 1

Give Joey the 10. I'd like to add a couple things.

Greek theater, especially historical, as you are addressing, was large on Metaphor and Analogy, but based on Myth and reality of the day. Pretty Moralistic stuff too, often.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

There are several striking differences, but I will address three.

The first is that Greek theatre employed a chorus as a major character. The chorus in Greek theatre behaved differently from the chorus in, say, a musical. They spoke in one voice and were typically a major character in the play. In fact, they are the main character in 'The Kindly One,' the final play in the Orestiea.

Next, Greek thatre was typically performed in full face masks.

Finally, there is the "compression of time" issue. Most Greek plays have a very late point of attack. For example, in "Oedipus," the play starts on the same day the Oedipus ultimately realizes he has brought the gods' wrath down on his city - as opposed to the start of the story.

Hope this is useful info!

Answer 3

also, women were not allowed to take part in the plays and the shows were written in tetralogies.... A trilogy that was three tragedies displayed together. in the beggining the theme should be connected but later they could differ... The trilogy closed with a fourth play, a satyricon drama in which appeared the chorus of satyrs and old silinos as a starter of the chorus. The last one happened in order to underline the connection between the origing of the theatre to god dionysos(satyrs were his followers). After all the theatrical plays were displayed during the celebrations of dionysos which took place three times a year and lasted several days.

Answer 4

The biggest difference was the use of a chorus in Greek drama to give opening and closing speeches. This was meant to summarize what was happening, as well as to implicitly moralize about the action. You can look the rest up in any good encyclopedia.

Answer 5

One more thing, Greek drama was part of the City Dionysia, a religious festival. It had a religious and moral purpose, sort of like in the middle of a sermon everything stopped and a play was put on. btw, the scatilogical comedies of Aristophenes were also religious plays, shows how far we've fallen...

Answer 6

Greek theatre is written in Greek.

Answer 7

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