Transcript File - Lee Allied Campus Theatre

The only thing I will say on last night’s
election…
• Regardless of who you voted for, regardless of who you wanted to win, you
are loved. Our country will change over the next few years, as it was always
destined to change. Our country is constantly growing and evolving, and it
will continue to grow and evolve. Regardless if you are excited or
disappointed, we all have the same task: We have to care for one another,
love one another, and protect one another. Once the dust is settled and
emotions are calmed, please remember that.
You belong here. You are cared for.
Introduction to
Medieval Theatre
You’ve learned about Greece, now what happens next?
From Greece to Rome
• Roman Empire: 27BC – 476AD
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Byzantine Empire: 395 – 1453 AD
• Roman culture copied a lot of Greek culture
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Art
Religion
Theatre
• Roman Theatre:
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Wrote tragedies and comedies
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No tragedies survived until today
All surviving comedies are based on Greek stories
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A little more crude than Greek theatre
Roman reliance on Stock Characters
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Young, rich, love sick hero
Strict father
Braggart soldier (annoying jock)
Clever slaves
Popularity of Theatre’s decline
• Theatre in Rome was not as popular or as important as in Greece. Romans
preferred a different form of entertainment:
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
• Gladiatorial matches
• Chariot races
• Executions that were…uhm…extreme.
Fall of Rome
• A lot of reasons lead to the fall of Rome. (Invasions from Barbarians,
political and economic instability, etc.)
• As the empire went into decline, a certain small cult started to gain
popularity. Gained legal status, and eventually became the primary religion
in Rome.
• What was that cult?
• Christianity
Medieval Europe (Middle Ages)
• About 500AD – 1500AD
• European rejection of Roman traditions and beliefs
• Lead to a dark period for science and technology IN EUROPE
• This rejection included Theatre
• Islamic golden age – 700AD to 1700AD
• Algebra
• Calculus
• Scientific method
New beginnings of Theatre
• Hrosvitha (935-973)
• Wrote 6 plays modeled after roman
comedies. Rewrote “questionable”
parts.
• First known plays composed by a
woman in Western drama
Church starts to use theatre to educate
• Morality Plays
• Pageant Plays