Name: What is Greek Theatre?
Uploaded: 2019-05-05T12:21:10.000Z
Duration: 3 min 41 s
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One of the things that the ancient Athenians

that are still played on the stages of the world

Now that's a stone building with stone seats

surrounding the central stone circular stage.

That actually wasn't built until the fourth century B.C.

But we know that the same place was already used

in the fifth century it's just they erected

for outdoor performances in Regents Park.

So when did the Athenians go to their theater well,

These festivals were for the God Dionysus.

So they're are called the 'Great Dionysia'.

So in a sense it was a religious festival

very important full of processions and Ceremonials

And the plays were put on in three days running.

You had three tragedians compete against each other

and enormously elaborate rituals for the gods.

It was on the cusp between a civic ceremony

and also it had this massive religious element

They're written by aristocratic Athenians usually

who've had the benefits of lots of education

The chorus is by ordinary amateur citizen youths,

it's probably actually part of their military training

We actually think that this is part of their training

What is more important than in an open air space

as well as for the people nearer the front

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