Classify Me First

Using the format of the table below, arrange the different elements based on their
classification in theatre arts.

Basic Elements of Musical Elements of Artistic Tools of an Actor/ Actress

Play/ Theater Expression
Basic Elements of Elements of Artistic Tools of an Actor/
Musical Play/ Expression Actress
Theatre

MUSIC RHYTHM VOICE

PLOT MOVEMENT BODY
THEME TEXTURE EMOTION
CHARACTER COLOR
DIALOGUE SHAPE
SOUND SPACE
LINE
 UNIT IV

WESTERN CLASSICAL
PLAYS/ OPERA

HISTORY OF THEATRICAL FORMS AND

THEIR EVOLUTION
 THEATER
A place of seeing.
A collaborative form of fine arts that
uses live performance to present
experiences of a real or imagined event
before a live audience in a specific
place, often called as stage.
OPERA
 Is a form of theatre in which music has a
leading role and the parts are taken by
singers, but is distinct from musical theater.
Periods and Events in Theatre History
ANCIENT THEATER
700B.C.E. - 410 C. E. ROMAN THEATER
410 C. E. – 5OO C. E. MEDIEVAL
THEATER
500 C. E. - 1400

RENAISSANCE
THEATER
1400 - 1600

BAROQUE
NEOCLASSICAL THEATER
ROMANTIC THEATER 1600 - 1750
THEATER 1800 - 1900
1900 - 2000
GREEK THEATER FEATURES
It began around 700 B.C. with festival
honouring their many gods.

DIONYSUS – the god of wine

and fertility
THE CULT OF DIONYSUS – religious
festival honouring Dionysus.
THREE WELL-KNOWN GREEK TRADEGY
PLAYWRIGHTS
1. SOPHOCLES
2. EURIPIDES
3. AESCHYLUS
 GREEK THEATER FEATURES

The theatre of ancient Greece consisted of three types of drama;

TRAGEDY COMEDY SATYR PLAY
Meaning “tragos” – goat Derived from Imitation. Contains Comic element to lighten the
“won” – song Jokes intended to make the overall mood or serious play with a happy
Referring to goat sacrificed to audience laugh. ending.
Dionysus before performances,
No traces of origin Short, light-hearted tailpiece performed
Goat –skin worn by the after each trilogy of the tragedies.
performers

Playwrights Thespis – Father of Tragedy Aristophanes – wrote most Euripides – created “Cyclops”, an
of comedy plays adventurous comedy.
 Greek Theatre (Epidauros)

 Theatron – theatre building

 3 main elements of Theatron.
 1. Orchestra
 2. Skene
 3. Audience

 Parts of Theatron
 1. Theatron
 2. Skene
 3. Parodos
 Roman Theater

Has varied and interesting art forms such as festival performances of street
theatre, acrobatics, the staging of comedies, and high-verbally elaborate
tragedies.

The usual theme for Roman theatre plays were chariot races,
gladiators, and public execution.

The Christian opposed the barbaric themes of the plays and closed
down all theatre.
 Roman Theater
 TRIUMVIR POMPEY – first
permanent (non-wooden) theatre in
Rome.

Building was a part of multi-use

complex that includes a large
quadriporticus, directly behind the
scaenae fron, and is enclosed by the
large columned porticos with an
expansive garden complex of
fountains and statues.
 Medieval Theater

To keep the theatre alive, MINSTELS performed in market, public

places and festivals. Travelled from one town to another as
PUPPETEERS, JUGGLERS, STORY TELLERS, DANCERS,
SINGERS.
Minstels were viewed as dangerous and pagan.
Churches started staging their own theatre performances
during Easter Sundays with biblical stories and events.

Mystere d’Adam –Mystery of Adam – first play outside the

church due to the portrayal of devil and hell.
 Renaissance Theatre
Characterized by the return of Classical Greek and Roman arts and culture.

University drama were formed to recreate Athenian

Tragedy.

Public theaters were developed like the Commedia

de’ll arte.

Ballet was first performed in public.

 Renaissance Theatre

 QUEEN ELIZABETH I
-most prominent supporter of
theatre.

 Companies of player
( companies of actors) organized by
Aristocrats and performed seasonally
in many places.
 Famous actor and poet. WILLIAM
 England’s National Poet SHAKESPEAR
 Bard of Avon
 Works:
 Romeo and Juliet
 Hamlet
 Midsummer Nights
 Dream
 Cleopatra
 INNOVATION OF STAGE
 PROSCENIUM was developed.
 Backdrops scenery were
popularized by the art of painting
clothes.
 Commedia de’ll Arte or
“Comedy of Profession” was
developed.
 GROUP DESIGNING ACTIVITY
 The class will be divided into 4 groups.
 Each group will create and design a theatre based on the materials they have.
 Each group has its own theatrical period to represent.
 Group 1 – Greek Theatre
 Group 2 – Roman Theatre
 Group 3 – Medieval Theatre
 Group 4 – Renaissance Theatre
 Rubrics will be used in evaluating the activity.
 RUBRICS
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
E VG GOOD FAIR POOR

1. Composition and design

- Shows the creativity and theme of the theatre

2. Material used
-used different materials and tools to create the activity

3. Behavior
- Shows cooperation, team work and leadership

4. Overall look of the artwork

-depicts a theatrical design of a specific period.

TOTAL
 MINSTEL
 a medieval singer or
musician, especially one
who sang or recited lyric
or heroic poetry to a
musical accompaniment
for the nobility.