MAPEH 9 4TH Quarter Quiz 1

• History of the Theatrical Forms and their Evolution:                Theater began from myth, ritual and ceremony. Early society perceived connections between actions performed by groups of people or leaders to a certain society and these actions moved from habit to tradition, to ritual, to ceremony due to human desire, and need for entertainment.
• Theater

  -          It means place of seeing, but it is more than the buildings where performance take place.
• To produce theater…

  ·         Playwright – writes the scripts.

  ·         Director – rehearses the performers.

  ·         Designer and Technical Crew – produce props to create the scenes.

  ·         Actors and Actresses – perform on stage.
• Greek Theater

  ·         European theater began in Ancient Greece. It began around 700 B.C with festivals honoring their many gods.

  ·         The city-state of Athens was the center of a significant cultural, political, and military power during this period, where the festivals and competitions were usually performed.

  ·         The theater, in ancient Greece, serve as the means for the people to express their religious beliefs. The Greek theater includes music, dances, and drama.
• Three well-known Greek Tragedy Playwrights:

  1.          Sophocles – “Always desire to learn something useful.”

  2.         Euripides – “Experience travel – these are as education in themselves.”

  3.         Aeschylus – “Memory is the mother of all wisdom.”
• 1.          Tragedy

  -          It is a compound of two words, “tragos” or “goat” and (ode) meaning “song.”

  -          In Greece, it was the most admired type of play.

  -          Usually based on their myths and ancient heroes.

  -          Themes were focused on moral issues, especially on the danger or arrogance, or hubris (self-confidence) in Greek.
• Lysistrata – it was a famous ancient Greek comedy written by Aristophanes during the turn of the 4th century before the common Era (B.C.E)
• 2.          Comedy

  -          Plays were derived from imitations; there were no traces of their origin.

  -          Aristophanes wrote most of the comedy plays.

  -          This was their way to comment on and criticize their government and politicians.

  -          Out of these 11 plays, “Lysistrata” survived, a humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in Greece.
• 3.          Satyr

  -          Play contains comic elements to lighten the overall or a serious play with happy ending.

  -          The satyr play was a short, lighthearted tailpiece performed after each trilogy of tragedies.

  -          It is an ancient Greek form of tragic comedy.
• Recreational-          It is an activity that is intended for relaxation and enjoyment purposes.

  -          It is the use of time in various creative ways.

  -          It is a therapeutic refreshment of one’s body and mind.

  -          People do recreation activities to have fun.
• ·         Active – it refers to the different physical tasks which you need to directly participate in and are required to accomplish the given tasks.
• ·         Passive – it includes activities that do not require much physical movement and only require minimal energy expenditure.
• ·         Socializing Motive – it is a motive of recreation for gathering with other people.
• ·         Associative Motive – it is a motive of recreation for collective interest.
• ·         Competitive Motive – it tests the limit of the participant which could be his/her limitation or competitive against the environment.
• ·         Exploratory Motive – involves a level of exploration.
• Recreational

  -          It is an activity that is intended for relaxation and enjoyment purposes.

  -          It is the use of time in various creative ways.

  -          It is a therapeutic refreshment of one’s body and mind.

  -          People do recreation activities to have fun.