How It Began

Theater-Greek word "Theatron" meaning "seeing place" Drama-Greek word "Dran" meaning "to do"

Theater Meanings Today

A combo of people, ideas, and the works of arts that emanate from theor collaboration A building, a company, an occupation, The audience- Latin, "those who hear"

Milestones in History of Theater GREEK

Started around 503 BC Originated from religious rites which led to literature Tickets were sold, actors were paid They had a chorus

ANCIENT ROME

Reign of emperors Nero, Caligula Did not flourish much Proscenium- Stage

MIDDLE AGES

500 years after the Roman Empire fell 9th c. A.D.- mid 15th c. 13th- birth of the crusades Roman Catholic Church curtailed (restricted) theater but later adopted it to propagate Christianity as well. Mystery plays, dramas on the life of Christ

RENNAISANCE

Late 15th C.-16th c. Golden age of literature Birth of opera Italian Commedia del Arte Elizabethan Theter- Age of Shakespeare 16th c. and 17th c.- action extended to the auditorium

1576- the first permanent theatrical structure in London built by James Burbage

CLASSICAL AGE OF FRENCH DRAMA

Louis XIII and Louis XIV Height of great Drama Comedie Francais

RESTORATION DRAMA IN ENGLAND

17th c 1642- a religious group, the Puritants close theaters 1660- King Charles restored theater

MODERN THEATER

19th Century-20th C Theaters usually has large proscenium arches (iba sa proscenium ng Rome) Realism =Henrik Ibsen- first great pioneer of realism; Norwegian; wrote "Ghosts" Russian Drama =Leo Tolstoy = Maxin Gorki =Anton Chekov- wrote "The Cherry Orchard" English =Oscar Wilde- "The Importance of Being Earnest" = George Bernard Shaw- most important modern English playwright; "Pygmalion" = TS Eliot = James Barrie - "Peter Pan" = Noel Coward