History of Theatrical Forms and its Evolution

It means "place of seeing" but it is more than a building where performance take place.

It dealt with tragic events and have an unhappy ending specially one concerning the downfall of the main character.

These plays contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood of a serious play with a happy ending.

The usual theme for these theater plays were chariots races, gladiators and public executions.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

Theater performances were not allowed throughout Europe during this era. To keep the theater alive, minstrels though denounced by the church, performed in markets, public places and festivals.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

It is characterized by a return of Classical Greek Roman arts and culture.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

A theater that begun around 700 BC with festivals honoring their gods.

• GREEK THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

The theater crew uses machine for especial effects and scene changes which may be changed in a matter of seconds with use of ropes and pulleys.

• BAROQUE THEATER

• ROMAN THEATER

• MEDIEVAL THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

The main concept of their play was to entertain and teach lesson and is characterized by grandiosity.

• BAROQUE THEATER

• NEOCLASSICAL THEATER

• ROMANTIC ERA THEATER

• RENAISSANCE THEATER

The following are the types of Greek Theater, EXCEPT ONE.

• TRAGEDY

• ROMANCE

• COMEDY

• SATYR