Calle González Besada 13, Planta Baja.
33007 Oviedo.
Tel: 985 10 41 15 Fax: 985 10 39 33
PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD
Curso 2008-2009
INGLÉS
Theatre began with the Ancient Greeks, not so much as a performance but as an excuse for
followers of...
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Calle González Besada 13, Planta Baja.
33007 Oviedo.
Tel: 985 10 41 15 Fax: 985 10 39 33
PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A LA UNIVERSIDAD
Curso 2008-2009
INGLÉS
Theatre began with the Ancient Greeks, not so much as a performance but as an excuse for
followers of Dionysus, the God of Wine, to get drunk and act out various religious stories.
At this
point, however, theatre was in a rather primitive state.
The actors used to stand on stage, wearing
large masks which showed who they were supposed to be and what emotion they were in.
The
main part of the story was supplied, not by the actors’ speeches or dialogue, but by a group of
people called the Chorus, who sang large sections of it to the audience.
Drama was then divided
into “Tragedy” and “Comedy”; but “comedy” must not be understood as just humour in this context,
but rather as any play where not everybody ends up injured or dead.
During the Roman Empire, everyone imitated the Greeks; in the Middle Ages, we see the
emergence of morality pla
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