ANTIGONE :: Drama

ANTIGONEHISTORY OF GREEK THEATRE25 hundred geezerhood ago, two thousand years before Shakespeargon, westerntheatre was innate(p) in Athens Greece. Between 600 and 200bc the ancientAthenians created a theatre civilization whose form, technique andterminology have lasted to millennia and they created fetchs that arestill considered amongst the greate3st works of homo frolic. By 600bcGreece was divided into two nominates. The most prominent city state wasAthens where at least 150,000 people live. It was there that the ritesof Dionysus evolved into what we know today as theatre. Dionysus wascult that arose in northern Greece. Since Greek and Attica theatre aresometimes referred to as attic theatre. Sometime during the next 75yrsthepis of Attica added on an operator who interacted with the chorus. Theactor was called the protagonist, from which the modern wordprotagonist is derived meaning the main fictional guinea pig of drama. Animportant part of Dionysus was dithyrambs which meant chronic hymn.This chant or hymn was belike introduced accompanied by mimicgestures and probably music. It began as part of a purely religiousceremony.MASK/CHOROUSPlays where performed in day time. The annual drama competitions inAthens spread over several entire days. Actors probably wore little orno make up. Instead they carried masks with exaggerated facialexpressions. They also wore buskins which were leather boots laced upto the knees. There was little or no scenery. Initially, most of theacting took place in the orchestra. Later as the importance shiftedfrom chorus to the characters, the action moved to the stage.UNDERSTANDING MY CHARACTERChoosing to play the part of a man didnt seem a bighearted deal to me unconstipatedthough this character I was to play was a king. I thought I couldeasily relate to the character even though I am not a man only when duringmy character development process I started finding it more toilsometo touch on into the role. I decided at thi s point that if I was press release toplay this character properly I would need some benefactor and practice. Mycharacter Creon comes across as a very strong character and quitearrogant to a certain extent. I thought to get an insight into mycharacters personality and mind set I would put myself in a higherposition than bothone else, I would act as if every one around mewere peasants. I tried to do this for a checkmate of hours at first I didget it right and I managed to prolong myself graciously but lost itafter a wile. Later in the evening I was watching TV and then it