Greek Theatre

Greek Theatre happened between 700 BC and 400 BC, the three types of plays were Comedy, Tragedy and Satyr. Greek comedy that mocked Greek mythology and politics and included a chorus. Greek tragedy was a drama based on human suffering. Comedy included three genres, old, middle and new. These were based around the mocking of stereotypes.

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15-4-16 Classical theatre context 'Antigone' (Greek)

The original performance context of Antigone is 441 B.C., however our piece is being modernized with post apocolyptic influences to reflect some contemporary issues and events, such as the Syrian refugees. It would have been performed as a part of The Festival Of Dyonisus, a collection of performances and celebrations for Dionysus, the god of firtility, wine harvesting and drinking, religious ecstacy.