Ancient Greek Theatre Resources

GENERAL ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE RESOURCES

READING RESOURCES

• • Comedy and Tragedy Ancient Greek drama, comedy, tragedy and satyr plays (Hellenism.net) - A little basic information.

  • The Actors & the Chorus - you can read this to get ideas, but you need the real sources for this information. They do invite people to contact them.

  • Masks in Greek Theatre - you can read this to get ideas, but you need the real sources for this information. They do invite people to contact them.

• Glossary - good Bibliography

  • HIstory of Masks Website: Greek Masks - the question here is where do their sources come from, but the information is good.

  • Can You Hear Me Now? - Implications of New Research into Greek Masks - great article.

  • A web article on the Greek Chorus - this is a blog post that has a lot of good information, AND has several resources at the bottom of the article in the bibliography.

• The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance (PBS)

USEFUL VIDEOS THAT APPLY TO TRAGEDY & COMEDY

• • Greek Tragedy & Greek Comedy - Edith Hall - Talks about the difference between the two

• National Theatre Video on Ancient Theatre - 5 minutes

  • Attending the Theatre in Athens Episdoe 1 of 4 - 10 minutes - focus on who the AUDIENCE was for Greek Theatre - who went, why did they go, what did they experience

• ACTORS IN GREEK THEATRE - Greek Theatre Episode 2 of 4 14 minutes - focus on the ACTORS in Greek Theatre

  • • Audio on Greek Theatre - there are chapters listed, so you can jump around. Track 3 is on Actors in Greek Theatre - this is the audio of the above video.

• BBC Ancient Greece The Greatest Show on Earth - Democrats Episode 1 of 3 : A look at how drama in Athens was deeply connected to Athenian democracy. ***This is an interesting video*** 1 hour

• 'The Oresteia': The Use of Masks - the National Theatre

• Bacchai: Masks and Movement - the National Theatre 3 minutes ***If you are using Mask as a Performance Convention you should watch this video

  • Make your own Ancient Greek Theatre Mask from things at home ****You can also try making a plaster of paris gauze mask - ask Ms. Guzowski***

• Greek Mask Theatre for Schools - 10 min

• How To Make a Greek Mask

  • A video lesson in Greek Theater - interesting comparison of Greek Comedy and South Park. - You can only watch some of this lesson unless you want to pay for it. But what you can watch may be useful to you.

  • People To Contact

  • You might try contacting the Melvin Rawlinson who does Greek Mask workshops: http://professor-popup-puppets.co.uk/index.html

GREEK COMEDY RESOURCES

• • An Introduction to Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama The National Theatre 5 min.

  • Greek & Roman Comedy - on Theatrehistory.com, but was originally published his document was originally published in The Development of the Drama. Brander Matthews. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. pp. 74-106.

GREEK TRAGEDY RESOURCES

• • An Introduction to Greek Tragedy - National Theatre video 6 min.

GENERAL VIDEOS THAT ARE USEFUL BUT NOT AS GOOD AS THOSE ABOVE

• Documentary of The National Theatre & Peter Hall rehearsing "The Oresteia" at Epidaurus - there are various discussions and demonstrations of working with masks in this video

  • Greek Drama Ritual to Drama - 30 min.

• BBC Ancient Greece The Greatest Show on Earth: Kings Episode 2 of 3 - 1 hour

• BBC Ancient Greece The Greatest Show on Earth: Romans Episode 3 of 3 - 1 hour - this starts to get into Roman theatre and the difference between Roman & Greek theatre