History of Theatrical Forms and its Evolution

It means "place of seeing" but it is more than a building where performance take place.

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It dealt with tragic events and have an unhappy ending specially one concerning the downfall of the main character.

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These plays contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood of a serious play with a happy ending.

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The usual theme for these theater plays were chariots races, gladiators and public executions.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

Theater performances were not allowed throughout Europe during this era. To keep the theater alive, minstrels though denounced by the church, performed in markets, public places and festivals.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

It is characterized by a return of Classical Greek Roman arts and culture.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

A theater that begun around 700 BC with festivals honoring their gods.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

The theater crew uses machine for especial effects and scene changes which may be changed in a matter of seconds with use of ropes and pulleys.

• BAROQUE THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

The main concept of their play was to entertain and teach lesson and is characterized by grandiosity.

• BAROQUE THEATER

• NEOCLASSICAL THEATER

• ROMANTIC ERA THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

The following are the types of Greek Theater, EXCEPT ONE.

• TRAGEDY

• ROMANCE

• COMEDY

• SATYR