PRE – ASSESSMENT

Answer the following questions

1. The word theater means "place of seeing”

a. TRUE b. FALSE

2.There were three types of play, in which period was tragedy most admired?
a. Romantic b. Renaissance c. Ancient Greek

3.Women , during in Ancient Greek times were allowed to take part of the play.
a. TRUE b. FALSE

4. During the Renaissance, theater performances were not allowed throughout Europe.
a. TRUE b. FALSE

5. This play dealt with an unhappy ending, especially concerning the downfall of the
character.

a. Comedy b. Satyr c. Tragedy

Western Classical
Plays
and
Opera
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
a. Identifies selected theatrical forms from different art
periods
b. Identifies the elements and principles of arts as manifested
in Western Classical plays and opera.
c. Researches on the history of the theatrical forms and their
evolution.
d. Analyzes the uniqueness of each group’s performance of
its selected Western classical theater play and opera
 GREEK
Theatrical Forms
The Theatrical Forms From Different Art Periods
Greek Theater
Classical Period Shakespearean
Theater
Renaissance Period

Romantic Period
opera
 Greek Theater
The means of the people to express their
religious belief. The Greek theater made
use of music, dances, and drama.
Theater of Dionysus
Theater at
Epidaurus
Greek Plays
A famous ancient
Greek tragedy written
by Sophocles. It was
about the life of a man
called Oedipus, who at
birth was prophesied
by an oracle that he
would unintentionally
kill his father and
marry his mother.
Finally, Oedipus found out that
the old man he killed when he
was still a young man
approaching Thebes was King
Laius. He also discovered that
King Laius was his father and
Jocasta, his wife and mother of
his children, is in truth, his
mother.

At the end of the play, Jocasta

hangs herself, while Oedipus
blinds himself.
Layout and Form of the
Ancient Greek Theater
 Skene
Theatron Theatron
Orchestra
 THEATER AT EPIDAURUS
Theater at Epidaurus, Greece is the best preserved
theater (built at about 350 B.C.E.)
RENAISSANCE
PERIOD
 Shakespeare is considered as the
greatest playwright in the history of
English literature. He had a great
appreciation of the Italian Renaissance.

The Shakespearean theater is based

on the plays written by the great English
playwright and poet, William
Shakespeare, during the 16th century.
William Shakespeare
Three Genres of Shakespeare’s Works
Comedy Drama History

“The Taming of the Shrew” “Julius Caesar”

 Henry V, a 1989 movie
adaptation of
Shakespeare’s play
about the heroic and
ruthless king, Henry V of
England.
 Shakespeare’s play are full
of symbols and abstractions,
stories are about men and
women with strong and weak
qualities.
The plays are vehicles
to understand more
about life and love,
action and
nationalism.
 The plays have
universal appeal
because they are
all about human
nature, character
and motivation.
They appeal to everyone
because people could
relate to Shakespeare’s
characters.
 Until now,
Shakespeare’s plays
continue to delight many
modern-day theater
goers because of their
richness in language,
artistry and meaning.
 Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare’s Theater

Men's clothing

Elaborate, flamboyant,
colorful, stylish, and stunning
men’s garments
Decorated with feathers and
jewels.
Men wore hats even in indoor
scenes.
Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare’s Theater
Men's clothing
Those who play the role of
craftsmen and ordinary people
wear a beret or a small flat cap
that has a narrow brim.

Hair styles vary but the

popular ones are the following
styles: brushed up, curled all
over the head or cut closely at
the sides.
 Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare’s Theater

Women’s Clothing
Intricate, stylish, colorful
garment that usually has two
parts: a bodice and a petticoat
or a skirt.
Ornamented with jewels,
pearls, lace, artificial flowers,
braid, embroidery; artificial
flowers.
Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare’s Theater
 Theater Building
The shape is usually round
or octagonal.

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London

associated with William Shakespeare. It was built
in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the
Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by
Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas
Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was
destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.
Theater Building
• The commoners
are in a standing
area around the
stage
• The nobility are in
the galleries, a
seating area under
a roof.
Stage
It may or may not be
protected by a canopy

A platform in design, it is
sometimes called as
“three-quarter round”.

- Usually made of wood

 Acting Style
Heroic, exaggerated,
in love, sarcastic
 Language
• Magnificent poetry
• Unrivaled use of tone, color,
complex word meanings that
made the plays more dramatic
and appealing.
JULIET
ROMEO
[To JULIET] If I profane with my
unworthiness hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready
stand
To smooth that rough touch with a
tender kiss.
Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand
too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims'
hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
Romantic and
Post Romantic
Period
 The opera gain popularity during
the Romantic Period
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is
a fundamental component and dramatic
roles are taken by singers, but is distinct
from musical theatre. Such a "work" (the
literal translation of the Italian word "opera")
is typically a collaboration between a
composer and a librettist and incorporates a
number of the performing arts, such as
acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes
dance or ballet.
The performance is typically given in an
opera house, accompanied by an orchestra
or smaller musical ensemble, which since
the early 19th century has been led by a
conductor.
Opera’s Main Characteristics:
1. It uses conventional and Classical music
2. It uses the original language by which the
musical lyrics are written (mostly Italian,
Spanish and German.

3.It has no dancing, except as required by the

situation for a particular actor to act.

4. The singer must primarily be a singer and rarely an actor or a dancer.

5. It has some unaccompanied dialog, but very minimal

What is an example of Opera?

Carmen - is the best

operatic example of
naturalism, an art
movement which is
popular in France in
the late 19th century.
Carmen, the opera is
based on a French
novella by the French
writer, Prosper
Merimee
 Artistic Elements

- It is the best example of Naturalism,an anti -

Romantic movement in arts, which was popular in
France in the late 19th century.
- The libretto or the text of the opera is an adaptation
from a literary classic written by Merimee.
- Carmen employs prose text and not a poetic text.
When Bizet wrote his score, he used spoken dialog.
- The opera shows naturalistic scenes with colorful and
vibrant music.