Theatre Through the Ages

17th century acting actors Aeschylus Anaxarete ancient architectural arranged audience avant-garde became Bibliothèque Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal boulevard theatres called cavea chorus classical Comédie Française comedy commedia dell'arte companies complete contemporary costumes court cultural dance drama dramatic action Elizabethan Elizabethan theatre emotion Engraving expression farce festivals French Garrick genre gestures Hamlet hand Hegionis hero Hôtel de Bourgogne idea inspired intermezzos interpretation Iriphile Italian Italy jongleurs kabuki kathakali King later liturgical dramas London main characters masks meaning middle-class mime miniature Molière moral Moscow Art Theatre movement Museum mystery-plays natural never opera painted Paris Passion performance play precisely production realism reality repertory represented ritual rôle Roman theatre satyric scene scene-painting scenery setting Shakespeare skene social Sophocles sort of theatre space spectators stage stage-production stage-setting Stanislavsky story style symbolic Teatro Théâtre theatrical themes tion tradition tragedy tragic Vase Venice Vitruvius words