Theatre in Ancient Athenian Society
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- Theatre in Ancient Athenian Society
- Religious Context
- Drama was only performed at Religious festivals
- Festivals were to honour the God of theatre - Dionysus
- The Lenaea - A drama festival at which comedy took precedence
- Rural Dionysia - A drama festival held in the rural demes of Attica
- The City Dionysia
- Held in late March to celebrate the coming of spring
- The start of sailing season allowed the Athenians to show off their city
- Public business ceased
- Organised by a leading politician (eponymous archon)
- Each playwright was given a choregos (financial backer)
- Liturgy = A tax on the super-rich requiring them to contribute to Athens
- Proagon - a preview and introduction to the festival
- Dithyramb - a choral dance in honor of Dionysus
- Structure of the theatre
- Theatron - The seating area
- Prohedria - The front row reserved for VIP
- Orchestra - Where the chorus performed
- Eisodos - the entry way into the orchestra
- Skene - the wooden hut used as a backdrop and for actors to change
- Wheel platform - Brought on stage to show something that happened off-stage
- Crane - used to lift an actor above the level of the skene
- Visual and Material representation
- Medea Vase
- C. 400 BC
- Mixing-bowl
- Shows Medea's escpae
- Shows the use of the crane and wheel platform
- Wurzburg Telephus Vase
- C. 380 - 370 BC
- Shows a scene from a Aristophanes comedy
- Mixing bowl
- Medea Vase
- Religious Context
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