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The document discusses the history and categories of theater. It begins with the origins of theater in ancient Greece in the 6th century BC. Theater has evolved over 2500 years to include categories like comedy, tragedy, musicals, and historical plays. The advantages of theater are that it promotes social discourse, education, and allows people to see different perspectives, while disadvantages include actors finding intimacy intimidating and sight lines sometimes being an issue.

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Theater

The document discusses the history and categories of theater. It begins with the origins of theater in ancient Greece in the 6th century BC. Theater has evolved over 2500 years to include categories like comedy, tragedy, musicals, and historical plays. The advantages of theater are that it promotes social discourse, education, and allows people to see different perspectives, while disadvantages include actors finding intimacy intimidating and sight lines sometimes being an issue.

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THEATER

We will going to talk about the


history, meaning, categories of
theater, significance, advantages
Group 8
and disadvantages of theater.
- The history of theatre can be traced HISTORY OF THEATER
back to 6th Century B.C. where the
Ancient Greeks were the first to present
dramatic presentations.
- The development of theatre over the
past 2,500 years.

- Theater as performance evolved


from other ideas and customs, such as
events honouring gods and mythical
creatures.
- The first plays were performed in THEATER OF DIONYSUS
the Theatre of Dionysus
Brief History of Philippine Theater

- Philippine theater began just like


any other genre of literature—with
pre-colonial indigenous drama.

- When the Spaniards came, these


indigenous dramas were discarded
and were changed into mainly two
categories: the comedy or komedya
and the zarzuela or sarsuela.

Example of Sarswela
Definition of Theater

- Theatre, also spelled theatre, in dramatic arts, an art


concerned almost exclusively with live performances
in which the action is precisely planned to create a
coherent and significant sense of drama.
Categories of Theater
Comedy - are plays which are designed to be humurous.
Tragedy - this play contains darker themes such as death and
disaster, often the protagonist has a tragic flaw.
Historical - this play focuses on actual historical
events
Musical - Ballad Opera, a popular theater style at the time.
Musical Productions have songs to help explain the story and
move the ideas
SIGNIFICANCE OF THEATER
- Theatre work provides a vehicle for students to
reflect on important aspects of life, in the process
developing their sensitivity to and deepening their
understandings of others’ points of view.

- Theatre is an integral part of English language arts as


well as the performing arts, so the foundation for
theatre begins at birth as children develop personal
- Actor or performer and communication skills.
audience are primary and
unique elements in theatre.

- Theatre is mankind’s natural instinct.


ADVANTAGES &
DISADVANTAGES
- Live theatre helps to promote
social discourse, dialogue and
potential social change. - Actors may find
the intimacy
- Theatre helps us to see a
intimidating.
different perspective from
our own - Everything can be seen from
- Theatre reminds us all angles so requires detail.
that we are not alone.
- Sight lines can be an issue.
- Theatre is immediate,
evolving and always different.
- Theatre promotes
education and literacy.
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!!!

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