Why knowing the history of theatre so important to actors? This is something I use to ask myself a lot. In this Theatre History coarse I am slowly realizing why Just knowing my history will help me as an actor. In this paper I will discuss some. The origin and development of Theatre started well over twenty-five hundred years ago. During that time performances where performed for ritual reasons that did not requires initiation on the part of the specter.
A man named Aristotle came along a said that Theatre is a contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries. In very society today formative element are present every day. Theatre is not only a form of entertainment it is a beautiful form of art. Our first day of class we were asked what we see theatre as in today’s society and we expressed Theatre to be history, story-telling and art-life which are all true elements of Theatre.
Most importantly knowing Theatre History form and how it has grown and changed over the years is important to our craft. I learned how powerful and universal theatre has been over all these years and how it connects to society and to individuals in general. It’s a performance of the self you can go see a show and there and actor or story line that’s so related to you or something you may have been through or even someone you know. Its relevant to people in today’s society and current events basically it’s an alternative reality that’s for everyone.
The power of Theatre is incredible because its engaging Just experiencing a story being acted out in front of you is a once in a life time kind of experience because its in the here and now moment. In this Theatre History II course we are exploring theatre and many different kinds f dramatic literature we read about the Neoclassical tragedy which I found to be very interesting. Neoclassical theatre is one of the strict forms of theatre had strong demand with decorum and adherence to classical unities.
The Neoclassical have strict rules such as unity of time, place and action which forbid the mixing of tragedy and comedy one play that we read that follows the rules for The Neoclassical time was “Phaedra” written by Jean Racine. I really enjoyed reading the play “Phaedra” it definitely follow the Neoclassical strict rules the whole play takes place within 24 ours and it has exactly 5 Acts it also deals with morality that teach and entertain the readers. Phaedra” is a very entertaining play it has a Juicy plot and sequence of events not only that but the fact that the play was written so many hundreds of years ago but still have similar truth with things that are happening in the world today. A few themes that are present in the play “Phaedra” is deceit, incest, betrayal, scandal and deaths which are all things that going on today. Phaedra is in love with her stepson and wants to have sex with him theatre history By tamari