Development Of Tragedy: Timeline

Question 1

What is the acronym ?

Answer 1

PTASE

Pasco takes and scrunched everything

Question 2

What did peisistrstus do to develop theatre ?

Answer 2

• sixth century is the broth of drama under the rule of peisistratus
• credited with indicating a number of artistic, architectural and engineering innovations one being the city Dionysia first held in the middle of the 6th century)

Question 3

What did Thespis do to develop theatre ?

Answer 3

• second half of the sixth century: set himself apart from his chorus as he dressed in a mask and costume but impersonated different characters from the dithyrambs subject matter
• moved away from signing about myths to acting them out
• he is first ‘actor’ according to the Greeks
• first recorded contest of ‘drama’ was in 534

Question 4

What did Aeschylus do to develop theatre ?

Answer 4

• introduced a second actor into the stage, roughly 472 BCE
• it was crucial to the development of drama as it allowed for the possibility of dialogue between two characters
• wrote around 8 tragedies with only 6 surviving

Question 5

What did Sophocles to do develop theatre ?

Answer 5

• 496-406 introduced a third actor onto stage increased the number of chorus members from twelve to fifteen
• made more atmospheric through enhancing the diene and reduced role of the Chorus
• wrote more than 120 plays

Question 6

What did Euripides do to develop theatre ?

Answer 6

• more popular after death
• 18 of his plays survive
• he was unconventional in the way that he like for shock his audience and it’s true that he also innovating with myths and characters such as media killing her children
• his plays were far more self conscious in style
• gods appeared more on stage than other playwrights and the characters challenge their behaviour
• makes reference to contemporary and philosophical themes