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Classical Greek drama originated from harvest dances that evolved into religious rituals performed by masked choruses. The first theaters were simple hillsides with benches, but later a circular orchestra area was added and changing rooms were built behind a wooden skene structure. Major drama competitions were popular festivals that even saw banks closing and prisoners being released to attend the plays, which served purposes of entertainment, religion, and honoring heroes and displaying loyalty to city-states.
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- 1. Classical Greek Drama Background Information
- 2. Four Reasons for Theater • Entertainment • Religion • Displaying loyalty to your city-state • Honoring local heroes
- 3. Origins • Over the centuries, harvest dances developed into the dithyramb (dith-uh- ramb), a religious ritual performed by a chorus of men wearing masks.
- 4. The Theaters • The first theaters were just hillsides with a few wooden benches for the important spectators. • Then the circular dancing area, called the orchestra, was paved with stones. • The skene (skee-knee), a rectangular building made of wood, provided changing rooms for actors and prop storage. • Banks would shut down for days, people would travel from all around to see the drama competitions—even prisoners were temporarily released to see the plays