OMAR BERRAYAHLICEO SCIENTIFICO “T. TARAMELLI” PAVIA

10th June, 2011 Omar Berrayah

DRAMA :

the origins of drama

Medioeval drama

Mystrery, miracle and morality plays

The elizabethan drama

The origins of drama:Drama was born in the ancient Greece with choral performances going back to 534 B.C,

and developed further in Roman time.Two Roman playwrights who influenced

renaissance theatre in England were Seneca and Plauto

Medioeval Drama Drama devoloped from liturgy.plays, based on

biblical stories.the lives of saints, the vergin mary and the life of christ, were known as mistery and miracle place.thet were performed outside churches

Miracle,Mistery, and Morality plays generic terms given to the English dramas of medieval times. Such plays had considerable influence on the work of the great English dramatists of 1500s and 1600s. They gained a formalized structure and reached the height of their popularity in the 15th and 16th centuries. Each plays were acted by members of one of the trade guilds of the town.

Morality plays Morality Plays

dealt with allegorical tales teaching a moral lesson .The characters were personification of virtues and vices and were acted by professional players

It was designed to instruct audiences in Christian way of life and the Christian attitude toward death

Elizebethan Drama In the sixteenth century drama

became popular and varied. In the Elizabethan age there were three main types of theatre : the public playhouse, performances in private residences and the court theatre. During Shakespeare’s time, there were at least nine theatres in london

The most important theatres were :

The rose theatre

The Globe theatre

The Swan theatre

Elizabethan theatre The Elizabhthan

theatre was a sort of yard enclosed by three storeys of galleries.There was little scenery. People stood or sat on the sides of the stage. It didn’t contain curtain. Boys played female roles.