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HISTORY OF DRAMA BY GLENDA GUEVARA

By gaby20
  • PREHISTORIC PERIOD
    2000 BCE

    PREHISTORIC PERIOD

    The earliest recorded theatrical event dates back to 2000 B.C. with the passion plays of Ancient Egypt. The story of the god Osiris was performed annually at festivals throughout the civilization, marking the known beginning of a long relationship between theater and religion.
  • GREEK PERIOD
    534 BCE

    GREEK PERIOD

    The first plays were to worship Dionysus The wine god. The plays included death and suffering and soon comedy grew out of them. Audiences would consist of several thousand people. Masks were now used which allowed an actor to play multiple parts. At this time, women were not allowed to act so female roles were played by men. The play would be supported by a chorus with as many as fifty people who would sing or speak simultaneously.
  • GREAT DIONYSIA
    531 BCE

    GREAT DIONYSIA

    Also called City Dionysia (534/531 B.C.) Is an ancient dramatic festival in which tragedy, comedy, and satyric drama originated; it was held in Athens in March in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine.
  • ROMAN PERIOD
    509 BCE

    ROMAN PERIOD

    Roman drama was strongly influenced by Greeks, however there were some differences. The actors in Rome were usually slaved whereas they were free men in Greece. The Romans built huge theatres including the Colloseum. In these theatres, the focus of entertainement was sport. This included battles of gladiators, circus acrobatics and slaves were made to fight animals. Soon it became more popular than the real theatre. To bring people back towards it, some changes were made.
  • PLAUTUS (254-184 B.C.)
    254 BCE

    PLAUTUS (254-184 B.C.)

    Said to be the Roman comedy master. He created over a hundred plays, many of which lampooned iconic figures within Roman society: the soldier, the politician, the clever slave, the philandering husband, and the wise but nagging wife.
  • TERENCE (195-159 BC)
    195 BCE

    TERENCE (195-159 BC)

    Terence's life story is an ancient tale of rags to riches. Terence was the slave of a Roman senator. Apparently, his master was so impressed with young Terence's intellect that he released him from his service and even funded Terence's education. During his adult years, he crafted comedies which were primarily Roman-styled adaptations of Greek plays by Hellenistic writers such as Menander.
  • MEDIEVAL PERIOD
    5 BCE

    MEDIEVAL PERIOD

    Medieval drama was for the most part very religious and moral in its themes, staging and traditions. The most famous examples of Medieval plays are the English cycle dramas, the York Mystery Plays, the Chester Mystery Plays, the Wakefield Mystery Plays, as well as the morality play,
  • Theatre in the Medieval Period
    5 BCE

    Theatre in the Medieval Period

    This image was designed and executed in copper engraving by David Gee (1793-1872).
    It recreates a 15th-century Passion play (The Trial and Crucifixion of Christ) by the Smiths' Company of Coventry. Many of the details are based on written accounts, including pageant wagon design itself and the people in the street.
  • SÉNECA (4 BC-65 AD)
    4 BCE

    SÉNECA (4 BC-65 AD)

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a playwright, a lawyer and a Roman senator. He served under the sadistic Emperor Caligula. After returning, Seneca became the advisor of the infamous Emperor Nero. He wrote tragedies, many of them re-inventions of Greek myths of decadence and self-destruction. “Phaedra” is a play and dramatis, which tells the story of Phaedra, wife of King Theseus of Athens, and her consuming lust for her stepson Hippolytus.
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    15

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Italian painter, architect, inventor, and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.
  • Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena
    15

    Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena

    The first significant comedy written in Italian was Calandria (1506) by Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (1470 - 1520).
  • Giangiorgio Trissino's Sophonisba
    15

    Giangiorgio Trissino's Sophonisba

    The first important Renaissance tragedy was Giangiorgio Trissino's Sophonisba, which was written in 1515.
  • RENAISSANCE PERIOD
    16

    RENAISSANCE PERIOD

    Theatrical activities, particularly comedies, flourished in Italy, England and Spain during the 16th and early 17th century.
    The word Renaissance means 'rebirth'. In this time, society was 'reborn' with new ideas and learning ambitions.
  • William Shakespeare
    16

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare started writing plays in 1590, at the age of 26. He wrote about 38 plays in his lifetime. England’s “national poet” and the most famous playwright of all time, celebrated for his sonnets and plays like “Romeo and Juliet.”
  • MODERN PERIOD
    18

    MODERN PERIOD

    During this period, drama was not only performed live on stage but also enjoyed through the mediums of radio, television, and cinema.
  • MODERN PERIOD
    18

    MODERN PERIOD

    In today’s times it revolves mostly around spreading a social message and making the masses aware. The message communicated to the target audience is well narrated to the spectators, and is liked and is able to make the rural audiences to think and analyze the issues and problems. So today majority of drama are based on spreading social awareness and making audience aware about on goings in the society.
  • 1830’s

    1830’s

    The idea of wireless communication predates the discovery of "radio" with experiments in "wireless telegraphy" via inductive and capacitive induction and transmission through the ground, water, and even train tracks.
  • 1924

    1924

    Danger by Richard Hughes was the first radio drama written for the BBC (British Broadcasting).
  • 1928

    1928

    The very first television drama was filmed in Schenectady. It was a little play called The Queen's Messenger, a British drama with more special effects technicians than there were television sets in the Capital Region. The play itself was a melodrama by Irish playwright J. Hartley Manners.