Literal meaning of Theatre is a viewing place. It was a grand place where the participants showed their dramatic performances in different groups like actors or chorus etc. Apparently, it viewed like the sports stadium of the modern era. The Theatre of Dionysus, situated in Athens. Like in Ancient Greek Athletics, women were not allowed to take part in performing the tragedy. Women and children were allowed to spectate the drama by sitting on the most upper seats of the theatre. In the earliest Greek dramas, only a person had to perform many characters of the drama. As the drama industry of ancient Greek started developing, the number of actors was increased gradually. The participants used to wear masks to:
- Enhance the distinction of characters for the spectators who were sitting far away from the stage.
- To alleviate the difference of gander
- To make the audience fearful of gods
Chorus
Chorus was a group of musicians, it played an integral part in simplifying and beautifying the story in Ancient Greek Drama. The main objective of the chorus was to make certain scenes understandable for the people, and to engage the people when the actors were changing their masks and other costumes.
