Theatre- An Introduction

According to WikiPedia… Theatre is nothing but a form of fine art which uses live performers to present a piece of Story (maybe real or fiction) infront of live audience. The mode of expression of their feelings can be in many forms as mentioned below.

Through Gestures

Through speech

Through Music, Songs 

Through Dance

Learning the elements of Theatre is very interesting and is very vast subject. A theater involves lots of elements like Theme of the Play, Genres, Costumes, Lighting and Sound, Logistics and Operations etc etc.

How did Theatre Originate?

Its a 2,500 year old art form. It all started in 6th Century BC in the City Of Athens.

It mainly originated as a part of ritual activities.

Earliest Theatre in the world starts at Greece.

The theater of Greece consisted of 3 categories

Drama

Tragedy

Comedy

Satyr Play

More about Theaters in next post.

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