Taking A Look At Phoenix Plays

By Ida Dorsey


The classic dramatic works were not intended for publication, but only to representation; it follows that the key principle of classical theater was the pure representability of stories. There are no original manuscripts actually, since the content was continuously varied and modified (in case of actors, which eliminated or changed verses and often replace them with your own). There are no captions, except those implied or reproduced in ages posthumously as marginal notes: these are those really the captions "scenic", evoked by the word (Phoenix plays).

The current scholarly and secular seek to perpetuate as much as possible the worship of ancient literature; between its forms are the "mime-friendly patrician" and "elegiac comedy, " both written in Latin and invoice more literary than dramatic (in fact were read in small circles).

However, Alfred de Musset, whose plays have been performed on stage as his late romantic drama baffled theater directors, developed the idea of theater to read under the "show in a wheelchair." Playwright Ionesco has established new rules for the theater in his book Notes and against pad. These are based mainly on the deterioration of language in favor of theater of absurd. Another playwright of twentieth century following the rules of Ionesco is Beckett. The two main types of plays are comedy and tragedy.

The origins of later back to antiquity. Greek tragedies played in religious rites in honor of god Dionysus. These ancient themes are included in sixteenth century by the first playwrights as Garnier or Jodelle, and in seventeenth century by authors such as Corneille, who began by writing baroque comedy and tragicomedy, as Le Cid. But gradually imposed in name of verisimilitude, respect for rules specific to classical theater: the rule of decency and the rule of three units.

The play are mostly written in verse. We then distinguish two different genres: comedy - as, for example, L'Avare by Moliere, which was inspired by Plautus Aulularia - and tragedy - as, for example, Jean Racine's Phedre, inspired by Euripides . Many tragedies are inspired by mythology. However there are also more baroque genres, such as comedy-ballet or parts to machines.

In eighteenth century, one sees a variety of comedies. Still exist comedy of intrigue and comedy of manners, such as The Game of Love and Chance Island or slaves Marivaux, but social criticism becomes more vigorous, as in Barber of Seville and The Marriage Figaro by Beaumarchais, works in which he openly criticized the aristocracy. Also appear tearful comedy, then the bourgeois drama, playing on emotion and sensitivity of spectators.

They are representations of an occasional nature, consisting of pseudo-ecclesiastical procession led by a boy dressed as a bishop; The procession from the church up to episcopate, in which the clergy and / or the true bishop blessed are fit and ridiculous parody. The bourgeois drama is a theatrical composition representing the characters of small and middle-class or wealthy classes citizens but do not belong to nobility, and describes his daily life, the trials and tribulations, aspirations. It developed in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Theatre, sometimes drama or spectacle, is a type of performing art, which aims to act, talk, produce or display stories, ideas or feelings to an audience. This is usually done through dialogue, namely speech and gestures between the different characters, played, or acted by actors. They must be able to express alternative personalities, ages, voices, sex, and body postures.




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