Ancient Greek Theatre
World History Encyclopedia
English - May 04, 2021 01:25 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsEducation History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ancient Greek Theatre written by Mark Cartwright and narrated by Kelly Macquire: worldhistory.org/Greek_Theatre/
Greek theatre began in the 6th century BCE in Athens with the performance of tragedy plays at religious festivals. These, in turn, inspired the genre of Greek comedy plays. The two types of Greek drama would be hugely popular and performances spread around the Mediterranean and influenced Hellenistic and Roman theatre. Thus the works of such great playwrights as Sophocles and Aristophanes formed the foundation upon which all modern theatre is based.
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