Thursday, January 29, 2009

Theatres:

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more persons ,isolated in time and/or space, present themselves to another or others. By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling. Since its inception, theatre has come to take on many forms, often utilizing elements such as speech, gesture, music, dance, and spectacle, combining the other performing arts, often as well as the visual arts, into a single artistic form. The artistic staff is assisted by technical theatre personnel who handle creation and execution of the production.
The earliest recorded theatrical event dates back to 2000 BC with the passion plays passion of ancienct egypt. This story of the god Osiris was performed annually at festivals throughout the civilization, marking the known beginning of a long relationship between theatre and religion. The ancient Greeks began formalizing theatre as an art, developing strict definitions of tragedy and comedy as well as other forms like the passion plays of ancient Egypt, Greek plays made use of mythological characters. The Greeks also developed the concepts of dramatic criticism, acting as a career, and theatre architecture.

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