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This 5 page paper considers the components of setting, plot, character and audience participation which may be included in all typesof theater to varying degrees. One might say that all of these elements build upon each other. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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first these festivals were of a "satyric" nature -or what were considered the actions of the satyrs, revolving around drinking and gaiety, and dancing. The earliest presentations probably consisted
of a chorus of men dancing in a ring, reciting or chanting some Greek myth while individual performers would stand on a rough wooden platform or cart. Spectators squatted on
a hillside to view these early "plays". As time passed the sung and danced myths developed a more serious form. Instead of gaiety and burlesque the "plays" now
dealt with the relationship of man and the "Gods", and tried to illustrate some particular lesson of life. The chorus dressed in goat skins because the goat was sacred
to Dionysius and goats were "prizes" which were awarded for the best plays. Therefore, the word tragedy is believed to be derived from the Greek word "tragoidia" which means "goat-song"
(Herman ppg). In the open-air, day-lit Greek theater, the chorus was a practical necessity. It made the transitions between scenes, giving actors the chance to enter and leave the playing
area, and even announced what characters those actors portrayed. But the function of the chorus goes beyond this. The choral odes, accompanied by dancing and music, were part of the
entertainment itself. The chorus both commented on the events and participated in them, so that it was both involved in the action and detached from it.
It was in 534 B.C. that perhaps the most important stage in the creation of drama was reached with Thespis, who invented an actor who conversed with
the leader of the chorus, and by his reports of events occurring off the stage could provide the chorus with materials for fresh songs in new scenes. Through the
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