Greek Theater Analysis

Name: Tiffany Harmon

Abstract

Many cultural enthusiasts, archaeologists, and architects have a common interest in theatre and its origins. People from a few decades back have located the remaining of the oldest theatres in Greece, England, France and some parts of minor Asia. Theatre was a part of people’s lives as it was one of the few sources of entertainment, and it was originated from when people collectively sit in a gathering and listen to a storyteller. There were performances done by different people present at that moment. Later on, this activity kept improving and innovating, and in the result, many theaters for entertaining purposes were built by emperors who ruled the countries or kingdom in those days. The design of these theatres

Theatron was the auditorium where crowd sat and enjoyed the performance, an orchestra was in the shape of a circle and it was considered as playing area, skene was merely built for dressings and carts exit, and finally, parados were used for entering and exiting of the crowd, and performers. ( Moirai, 2013)

Literature review: The Roman theatre:

Roman theater was modified version of Greek architecture of theaters. It had Cavea, which was the auditorium, dedicated to the crowd. Scarnae was devoted to performances and acts purposes. This theater also included curtains, painting according to the theme to show the emotions of the drama or scene.

Later on, these theaters were deserted in AD 476, but the tradition was active among street performers who traveled through streets for entertainment purposes. The reason of abandonment of the theater was the church, meanwhile, Church was the reason which created the concept of the theater in the first place to convey biblical lessons as their teachings. (Moirai, 2013)

Literature review: modern age theaters

It can be stated that smaller drama theatres are usually called flexible, and proscenium, Arena, and thrust come under the heading of large drama theatres. (Theatre