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Description: | Concept: education, military personnel, historical reference, theatre, architecture Description: whole: the main image is positioned in the upper third, with seven smaller images positioned around the poster's edge. The title is integrated and placed in the upper quarter, in black. The main text is separate and located in the centre, in black. Further text is separate and positioned with each image as a caption, in green and in black, and integrated and placed in the upper third, in green. All set against a white background. image: a plan of the ancient Greek theatre at Epidaurus. Around the edge of the poster are four depictions of statuettes of ancient Greek actors, two depictions of masks worn by ancient Greek actors, and a photograph of British soldiers visiting the theatre at Epidaurus. text: THE GREEK THEATRE A Satyric mask worn by Greek Players A Tragic Mask, showing high wig. ORCHESTRA PARODOS PARODOS PROKENION SKENE Theatre at Epidaurus (restored). THE ancient Greek Theatre sprang up out of the celebration of the spring feasts of Dionysius, god of wine and fruitfulness, in the 3rd and 4th centuries B.C. People congregated on the hillsides to watch these festivals, forming a circle about the chorus of players, who narrated in song, dance, and mime, the stories of the gods. Eventually, this circle (the 'orchestra') was marked out permanently, seats for the spectators were erected, first in wood and then in stone; the singing and acting all took place inside the circle on ground level. On the side opposite to the public, was a booth or tent (skene) for the actors and from this finally developed the stage. The Greek theatres were always open to the sky but, in case of rain, tenting was erected over the heads of the spectators. From these rough-and-ready beginnings, out theatre of today has evolved. Above: Actor of Ancient Tragedy. Above: Terracotta Statuette of comic actor (money lender). Below: Statuette of comic actor stuffed with cushions. Pictorial Review No. 85 ARMY EDUCATION, M.E.L.F. Crown Copyright Reserved Art and Architecture, No. 22 Below: Terracotta Statuette of Greek comedian. The Theatre at Epidaurus in Eastern Arcadia. Photo By 'PARADE' Printed by The Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.L.F.-2-47 Object: statue, mask | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Printing and Stationery Services, Middle East Land Forces Publisher/Sponsor: Army Education, Middle East Land Forces Associated Person: Dionysius | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5220... | Go to resource |
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