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Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements.
The antecedents of musical theatre in Europe can be traced back to the theatre of ancient Greece, where music and dance were included in stage comedies and tragedies during the 5th century BCE. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The dramatists Aeschylus and Sophocles composed their own music to accompany their plays and choreographed the dances of the chorus .
From the start American theatre has been unique and diverse, reflecting society as America chased after its National identity. [106] The very first play performed, in 1752 in Williamsburg Virginia, was Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." [107] Due to a temporary Puritan society, theatre was banned from 1774 until 1789. [108]
Ancient Greek theatre in Delos. This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location. Attica and Athens. Theatre of Dionysus, Athens;
Odeon or Odeum (Ancient Greek: ᾨδεῖον, Ōideion, lit. "singing place") is the name for several ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for musical activities such as singing, musical shows, and poetry competitions. Odeons were smaller than Greek and Roman theatres. [clarification needed]
The Theatre of Thorikos (Greek: Αρχαίο Θέατρο Θορικού), situated north of Lavrio, was an ancient Greek theater in the demos of Thorikos in Attica, Greece. It holds the distinction of being the world's oldest known theater, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] dating back to its construction around 525–480 BC. [ 1 ]
Relief of seated Dionysus and satyr; inscription beneath is a decree by the deme Aixone honoring the choregoi Auteas and Philoxenides (313–312 BC). In the theatre of ancient Greece, the choregos (pl. choregoi'; Greek: χορηγός, Greek etymology: χορός "chorus" + ἡγεῖσθαι "to lead") [n 1] was a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or choregiai, of ...
The Hellenistic period started around the time of Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC and lasted until the Roman Victory at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. As Ancient Greece began to change from a culture consisting of ethnic and city-state Greeks to one governed by large monarchies, theatre architecture to include the stage buildings began to experience significant changes.