Greek Theatre was originated in Classical Athens where all the original plays were produced. Greek theatre was made around 220 BC and 550 BC and is still being used today. 3 genres was created there which was; Tragedy, Comedy and Satyr play. Satyr play is tragedy and comedy combined.
In Greek Theatre a chorus was just as important as the main characters in the play. They gave off that extra feel to the plays and made up the atmosphere more. They were the responders to the main actors and had to react to the main action of what was going on and if a song was to come on they would also have to do some dancing and singing.
The original Medea was a Greek play that was written by Euripedes and was made in 431 BCE. As a group, me and my class had to make a chorus piece to Medea for her speech. We done this by coming on stage, one by one and reacting as a group to what Medea was saying. We had to almost exaggerate our movements so the audience would understand the emotion of the play and how Medea was feeling at the time. It was important that we communicated with each other because we had to make sure that our movements that we made were synchronized. This is how we made sure that the narrative connected with it because if Medea was to talk about when she had ''long hair'' we would then touch our hair responding to her and so on.
The greek letter I was given to choreograph movements to before combining with the actors was ''Dear Jokasta''. Below is a copy of the letter:
''Dear Jokasta,
I'm writing to inform you about the quarrels taking place in Thebes. Kreon and Oedipus are at it again and I try to stop them from arguing but I am not powerful. I know it must be hard as you love them both; your brother and husband mean a lot to you but you have the power to stop them from constantly bickering. All this arguing is not serving the state well. Oedipus is very curious and will do anything to find out who killed the King. He's only young and needs someone to be there for him. Please visit us soon your Majesty.''
Brief summary of the letter:
This letter is about Jokasta who is Queen. She has a son called Oedipus who is now King. Oedipus is trying to find out who killed the King- Laius, who was Jokasta's first husband.
Lauren, Oedipus was not the writer of 'Oedipus'. The greek play was written by Sophocles- 'Oedipus Rex' (Oedipus the king. You were asked to conduct some research into the background of Greek Theatre and the playwright/play on which your letter was based and then link this to the content of your own letter and your interpretation/ characterisation.
ReplyDeleteWatch your verb- subject agreement in writing (e.g 'we was told') and try to check words you may be using for the first time- such as 'appertained'- in the dictionary to ensure you are using them correctly. Simply defined this word means 'to belong to or be connected or related to something.'