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Arts

THEATER HISTORY
TIMELINE (Activity 1)

GREEK THEATER
The Greek theater evolved to fit the changing
specifications of tragedy, eventually into the
form that survives at hundreds of sites around
the Mediterranean. At the same time, the
overarching simplicity of the Greek
theater, despite the many changes,
demanded certain features of the
tragedies.

ROMAN THEATER
Roman theatres derive from and are part
of the overall evolution of earlier Greek
theatres. Much of the architectural
influence the Romans came from the
Greeks, and theatre structural design was
no different from other buildings.
MEDIEVAL
THEATER (500 CE-1400)
During the Middle Ages, theatre began a new
cycle of development that paralleled the
emergence of the theatre from ritual activity
in the early Greek period. Whereas the Greek
RENAISSANCE
theatre had grown out of Dionysian worship,
the medieval theatre originated as an
THEATER (1400-1600)
The English Renaissance during the late 15th and
early 16th centuries was a time of great change in
society and theater. Unlike early theater, which
was restricted to the wealthy nobility, during the
BAROQUE THEATER
(1600-1750)

Baroque theatre produced advances in scenic


design, including quick scenery changes from
setting to setting, stage effects using ropes and
pulleys, and technological solutions for plot
devices such as the Deus ex Machina.
Furthermore, the mechanisms used for the
spectacle were hidden from the audience.

NEOCLASSICAL
THEATER (1800-1900)
Neoclassicism was the dominant form of theatre
in the 18th century. It demanded decorum and
rigorous adherence to the classical unities.
Neoclassical theatre as well as the time period is
characterized by its grandiosity. The costumes

ROMANTIC THEATER
(1800-2000)

The romantic drama, or romantic theater, refers


to a theatrical movement born at the beginning of
the xix th century in opposition to the principles of
the tragedy classic. It is Victor Hugo who codifies
in Cromwell's Preface (1827) the aesthetics of
romantic theater in France.

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