Cycle Plays

During the 5th century, only men were able to participate and act in plays. Greek and Medieval Theatre both did play during special occasions. Greek and Medieval Theatre had playwrights, themes, actors, produced worldwide theatre, both were located in a type of amphitheater, costume, staging, and a type of genre. Both had their first play during the 5th century. Greek Theatre has a lot to do with Greek mythology, like god and goddesses as well mystical heroes. The Medieval Theatre presented epic hero sometimes dealing with demigods and normal people that challenged the gods. It also portrays to Marcuity plays.

These shaped the way these immaculate plays were executed. The theater was always set up using a very specific format. The plays that were performed, usually only during late Winter and early Spring, always took place in an open air theater that was built into the side of a hill. These theaters could seat up to 15,000 people, (“A Trip to the Theatre”). The seats were set up along the hillside in an arrangement called the theatron, (“Structure of the Greek Theater”).

The theatre has been a part of entertainment since ancient Greece, around 4th century BC or thereabouts. The theatre grew out of festivals in honor of the god Dionysus. Aeschylus created the first play in her honor. The first Greek plays were all tragedies but eventually comedy made its way and these plays were performed at festivals all over Greece. Through the centuries theater played the main role of entertainment from noble and royalty to the common person in any city or village, and as we move into the twenties

Back in Shakespeare's day theatre was different in many ways but also some parts were the same. How is it different? Well, obviously everything was cheap. Pennies for the pit seats, a few more for the galleries, and then the boxes were the most expensive which were probably not as expensive today. Another thing is, they had posters but they weren't really posters or like programs. They contained no lists of actors, and there were no programs, ushers, or tickets or any of the stuff we have today. The name was announced when you got to the actual play. Their playhouses were not sheltered. They were outside, unlike today how we have a building with a roof over our head for plays. They even had vendors walking around giving out food, like at a stadium!

The actors were expected to perform their own stunts. They had to have a good memory to learn and memorize their lines in a short time period. William Shakespeare acted in some of the productions of the plays. Males had to act out the female parts of the plays because females were not allowed to perform in theaters at this time. Although, all of the actors worked hard, the males who dressed up as females got paid the least; this proves they had a lot of dedication to their work. The actors help make the plays at the theater a huge success and very profitable to The Theater.

They would be eager to understand what is going on. There were no special effects so listening carefully to the characters was the only way you would understand what was happening. This made it a good idea to open the play during the night. So you in the audience would get the feel of whispers, people sneaking around etc. They did not have good costumes

I have been in a lot of plays. Since I was little because of church. I have been in scrooge, the Christmas story, and many different Vacation Bible School skits. When I was younger, our teacher just put us in the plays with small parts. For example, in scrooge, I was a child from the Christmas past playing games showing how Christmas was. Then in the Christmas play I got to be Mary. We had a little scripts since we were young to read off of. I was a little nervous, but I was able to do it. There were also numbers so we knew when we were supposed to go. I also got to do some plays in school with my classmates. We did a musical and we also did some square dancing. IT was fun because we all were doing the same thing at the same time. Not only did we do plays at the

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This is an important issue due to the parents’ motivation in raising children as well as the enormous care. Parents feel the sense of responsibility towards their children’s better health and development therefore want the best possible care for them. One method of child’s development is unstructured play which allows them to freely play how he or she wants. Play differs in its meaning across time and culture so it does not have a sense of partiality (Cohen, 2006). The allowance of children to play for their improvement is that genuine that it is regarded an ideal for each children in the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (Ginsburg, 2007). The relationship between unstructured play and the development and wellbeing of a child

As mentioned before Greek ritual theatre honored the gods and where added in plays, for Medieval Theatre religious ritual was used in the form of creating plays to teach about the bible. In Medieval Theatre, mystery, mortality and miracle were used to create their stories and to honor the birth and rebirth. Both Greek and Medieval follow the ritual of birth, rebirth and the cycle of death. Rituals became a tradition. Even though modern theatre does not follow honorable gods or religion, we do honor culture. Ancient theatre is still being used in modern theatre because their stories are still being told till this day. The play Zoot Suit has a different spin off from early traditions; this is because Zoot Suit expressions the birth and rebirth

The medieval castle had many occupations and with many jobs came many people to fill those jobs; they ranged from acrobats to watchmen. Acrobats and Actors were very vital in the medieval era. The travelling circus was originally before the Middle Ages and was amazing sources for entertainment and revenue for towns. As many people did not read and were not fortunate enough for a formal schooling. The actors’ job was very important because they had to show people what had happened in the past. There was not very much training available for an actor, those who had that position were not highly thought of in the people.

On November 20th, 2015, I went and saw The Circle held on the first floor of Hugh Gills Hall at San Jose State. The work was written by David Eggers, and directed by Jessa Brie Moreno and Joshua Marx. The play is about a company called “The Circle” that develops surveillance technology. Throughout the play, the audience can interact with actors and the setting in order to learn more about the company and as it progresses. It focuses on the three founders (played by Vincent Macareno, Elizabeth Gibbons, and Kevin Jasper). One character, Mae Holland (played by Jessica Osegueda), is primarily looked upon during the play as she is caught breaking the law. As the play continues, Mae’s journey is documented from being tentatively accepting of the

     The Dionysian Festivals lasted for several days along with the drama competitions. The performances were always done during the day and the drinking at night! Little or no makeup was worn by the actors, instead they wore masks with exaggerated facial expressions. Actors were always male and played more than one role, so the masks helped portray different characters, races, and sexes. Not much scenery was used and usually the majority of the play took place in the orchestra. When attention was shifted to the actors, however, the action was played on stage.

There were other amenities that were lacking for the theaters. Almost all the lighting for the theater was natural light. This meant that most plays would have to be show during the daytime. The theaters did not have heating either. In the winter months they would have to shut the theater down and be transferred to indoor playhouses. This actually helped boost popularity because it gave the people something to do during the cold winter months since it was inside. There were no microphones or soundboards to be able to hear so actors had to speak loudly and clearly. Unfortunately, there were also no toilets at the theater. “But there were no toilets and the floor they stood on was probably just sand, ash or covered in nutshells” (Shakespeare Globe Education). During the summer hours when it would become real hot the pit would be called the “stinkards.”

Rituals and theater, which are both cultural performances, have similarities such as serving the purpose of entertaining teaching the audience, belief from audiencce, use of props, use of space, and repesentaion. Since during this time period many commoners did not know how to read, the church had to present these rituals in order to teach them about events in the bible like the Crucification of Jesus Christ. Similaritly, a play will serve the purpose to teach the audience a certain idea that the playwright believes is necessary for the audience members, the audience vary depending on the time this play was written, to learn or understand. Unlike a play, which has no certain time frame to be perform, a ritual is perform during certain time of the liturgical year; for example, the passion of the cross