ARTS

• Theater – does “a place of seeing” mean where performance takes place
• The theater of ancient Greece consisted of three types of drama: Tragedy, Comedy, and the Satyr play
• Oedipus – A character who wears a gold mask with exaggerated deep empty eye sockets.
• William Shakespeare – is also known as “Bard of Avon”
• William Shakespeare plays were: well-loved “Romeo and Juliet,” “Hamlet,” “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Cleopatra,” “Julius Caesar,” “Much Ado about Nothing.”
• Romeo and Juliet – It is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, about two teenagers who fell in love and committed suicide.
• Romeo and Juliet stage itself was divided into three levels:

  ➢ a main stage area with doors at the rear and a curtained area at the back for “discovery scenes;”

  ➢ an upper, canopied area called “heaven,” for balcony scenes; and

  ➢ an area under the stage called “hell,” which could be accessed through a trap door in the stage.
• Carmen – It is one of the world’s most famous operas first performed in Paris
• Victor Marie Hugo musical works that stand out all over the world are

  “Les Contemplations,”

  “La Légende des siècles,”

  “Les Misérables,” and the

  “Notre-Dame de Paris” which is known as the “Hunchback of Notre-Dame.”
• Severino R. Reyes – He was known as the Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela
• Severino Reyes’ masterpiece, “Walang Sugat” broadly underscores the injustice of Spanish rule even as it dances around the cruel fate of the young lovers Tenyong and Julia with humor and song.
• Francisco Balagtas – best known work is the “Florante at Laura.”
• Moro – It is a conversational play in verse that dramatized the disunity between Christian and Muslims.
• DIRECTOR:

  • Lead the group properly

  • Organize and designate members to their respective role.

  • Prepare script of the play.

  • Initiate planning

  • Formulate time table of the rehearsals up to actual performance
• STAGE MANAGER

  • Look for a good venue of the play.

  • Responsible for the blockings of the performers

  • Assist the director

  • Check the props, microphones, performers etc. during the rehearsals and actual performance