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The ancient Greek era was a period of three centuries before the commencement of the classical age. The period hence was between 800B.C and 500B.C. During this time, the Greek people saw a lot of advanced in arts, technology, and poetry and this led to the establishment of theatres. It was in the theatres that different musical and acting performances were taken to entertain and educate the public. The actors who were men and boys known as the chorus could sing or present a play on a flat area known as the orchestra (Sansone, 2012). The actors could focus on a particular area whether good or bad with a specific message that they could intend to deliver. For example, the funny comedies could often poke of rulers and tragedy acts and songs could focus on a serious thing that is either exciting or sad. The actors could also paint themselves and wear costumes in a small hut within the theater known as the skene. The hut could also get painted on the walls hence making these huts as the first sceneries in Greek. Due to the increasing demand for theater arts in every Greek City, there was a theater that was in the open air built as a bowl-shaped arena. The theatres were big enough as they could accommodate approximately 15,000 individuals as the audience (Grange, 2013). This shows how important theatres were in the ancient Greek era. In this regards, this essay shall focus on elaborating the reasons why theatre was important to the Greek people and how they became to develop.
Causes
The ancient Grecian Empire was established in 700 BCE, and the empire believed in gods and deities. They believed that the deities were the ones responsible for everything good or bad that the people could receive under the sun. Hence, to appease the deities, songs and dances were prepared that could sing and perform during the offering of rituals to appease the deities (Grange, 2013). For example, Dionysus was a god of wine and during the celebration of this god; people could get drunk and sing songs as well as dance to the god. Because of the high number of gods, it became a habit for the people of Greek to sing and dance not only to appease the gods but also to inform people about a particular good or bad message and also entertain. Before the theatres were constructed, people could sing and dance on open grounds, and the increasing demand led to the construction of theatres in different Greek cities (Frederiksen et al., 2014). With advancement that the region was realizing, acts also started being established and used to deliver the intended message. The theatres also became a place where people could even practice in advance on how they will appease the gods during appeasing ceremonies and also practice on other private undertakings to entertain the public.
Effect
Having theatres during the Greek era had many positive effects on the people. First, the theatres were used as a facility that could bring the people together, and they could learn from each other. Hence, the theatres in a big way helped in promoting diversity in arts. The latter is in the sense that because of the theatres, people learned about acting and hence expended the attention not only on choruses but also solo acting and plays. The second effect was that theatres helped in promoting levels of creativity among people (Grange, 2013). The reason is that with facilities available, people could try out different things and this is something that made art during the ancient Greek more diverse and involving. More so because all actors and singers were brought under one roof (theatre) hence making sharing of ideas easy and practical. The third effect was that theatre became a place of entertaining and educating the public as well. It became easier for the participants to enlighten the public of both the good things and bad things happening. Thus, from the lessons learned and proposed solutions the Greek community was able to develop.
Process analysis
Theatres before the ancient Greek period were there but could be used for political reasons. However, people could go to “City Dionysia” in Athens to celebrate god Dionysus festivals that could take one week long (Sansone, 2012). During the one week long, people from the rural areas could travel to the city for the celebrations and all political activities could be stopped during this time. Also, prisoners could be given pardon during this annual celebration. Again, different meals could be prepared and sold to people on the streets and the boys and men who have prepared songs and dances could perform (Powers, 2014). Spectators could also evaluate the dances and songs hence making sure that there was no room for a single mistake from the singers and dancers. From the intense celebration, it was found out that people needed a particular place to practice in advance and also people in other cities as well. It was when theatres started being constructed in different cities around Greek. To all these activities, the theatres were constructed with blocks, and they were open on top. Again, the seats could be made sloppily hence making it possible for the people to view acts and songs without challenges.
Evaluation
With the intense dances, plays, and songs; having a particular place that people could prepare was a great thing (Sansone, 2012). The one thing that made theatres more attractive and acceptable to people was that they were open to all and the fact that they were constructed using a bowl-shape made it possible for all the people to see what the participants were doing. The ability to be able to develop talents, public recognition, deliver the desired message was a major motivating factor that made many people embrace the theatre concept in the entire Greek. The presence of theatres helped people to get to learn more about their cultures and also further developed new traditions that became a part of the Greek community henceforth (Frederiksen et al., 2014). For example, the Greek people developed their acting and singing styles as well as traditional dances that could be associated with the ancient Greek people.
Conclusion
The beliefs and lifestyle of the people of ancient Greek in a big way promote the construction and development of theatres in the era. The reason is that people had an annual dancing and celebration event that could last one week that triggered the need for a theatre. Again, the establishment of theatre brought around many good effects to the people hence triggering the need for the people to embrace the idea and promote its expansion. Thus, it became a part of the society that could not be avoided.
References
Frederiksen, R., Gebhard, E., & Sokolicek, A. (2014). The architecture of the ancient Greek theatre. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Grange, W. (2013). A primer in theatre history: From the Greeks to the Spanish Golden Age. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America
Powers, M. (2014). Athenian tragedy in performance: A guide to contemporary studies and historical debates. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press,
Sansone, D. (2012). Greek Drama and the Invention of Rhetoric. New York: Wiley.
