Grade 9 Modules Q4 ARTS

Grade 9 modules
ARTS : WESTERN CLASSICAL PLAYS/OPERA

MELCS:
Identifies selected theatrical forms from different art periods
Researches on the history of the theatrical forms and their evolution
Identifies the elements and principles of arts as manifested in Western Classical plays and opera
I. INTRODUCTION
Theater Arts of the Western countries produced and performed in different periods and that have had
great influence from the Ancient Greek and Roman theater art. Some of the famous playwrights and
composers of the Western Theater Arts/ Opera were Sophocles, William Shakespeare, Christopher
Marlowe, Farinelli, Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe, Victor Hugo, Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Giusseppe Verdi, and
Giacomo Puccini. Modern theatrical plays and musicals are still influenced by their predecessors. The
development and evolution of Western classical plays/operas are specifically discussed in this module .
For better and effective understanding, different activities will be performed in this module. Viewing and
listening of sample plays or operas are encouraged to promote appreciation of the culture and traditions
of the western countries.
II. DEVELOPMENT
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. The repeated rehearsals, performances and creation of different actions
broke the ground for theater. Let us now study the theatrical forms of the different art periods. Theater
means ―place of seeing‖, but it is more than the buildings where performance take place. To produce
theater, a playwright writes the scripts, the director rehearses the performers, the designer and
technical crew produce props to create the scenes, and actors and actresses perform on stage. Then it
will only be a true theater act when an audience witnesses it. Before we proceed to experience how to
organize and perform in a theater, we have to acquire information on the important periods and events
in theater history
Different Theatrical Forms

Ancient Theater
 Greek Theater - Ritual-theory, focused on god Dionysus, performed in festivals - Sophocles
and Euripides were the most popular playwrights during Ancient period - Oedipus Rex, Oedipus
at Colonus and Antigone were famous plays - Theater genre was tragedy - Performed in
Theatron-viewing place on slope of a hill - Women were not allowed to perform
 Roman Theater - Began in Ancient Greek Theater - Theater genre- Comedy - Women began to
perform - Competitions of chariots, gladiators and public executions as public theaters
Renaissance Theater
 Focused on Classical Greek and Roman arts and culture
 Theater designs were developed
 Backdrops for scenery
 Queen Elizabeth supported theater
 Famous actor and playwright was William Shakespeare, who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet,
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cleopatra
Romantic Period
 The age of enlightenment
 Focused on appreciation of the exotic and primitive
 Used fantastic mythical or nature-focused images
 Melodrama was the genre of theater
 Famous Operatic composers were Georges Bizet (Carmen) and Richard Wagner.
 Protagonist was rebellious who often succeeded
 Interest in the common man and childhood
 Technical innovations were introduced
Backdrop-a painted cloth hung at the back of a theatre stage as part of the scenery
Broadway Theater-professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and
Lincoln Center along Broadway, in the Manhattan borough of New York City ; along with London's West
End theatres, Broadway theatres are widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial
theatre in the English-speaking world Chariot-a two-wheeled vehicle drawn by horses, used in ancient
racing and warfare Comedy-a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone Curtain Call- the
appearance of one or more performers on stage after a performance to acknowledge the audience's
applause Decorum- behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety depiction of amusing people or
incidents, in which the characters
III.ENGAGEMENT
IV. EVALUATION

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