Unit 12: Classical Theatre
How were the two plays you are working on for classical theatre staged and performed to their original audiences? The two plays that we are working on are called: Antigone and Macbeth. This means that we have been studying to different eras as well as two different types of theatre (Greek and Shakespeare). Antigone is a Greek tragedy play written by Sophocles and is the third play in the Oedipus Cycle. The play is based around Antigone going against the orders of her uncle (Creon - King of Thebes) by burying her brother Polynices and it is also very political so you see all of the politics and government issues that would have happened in that specific era. Originally Antigone would have been performed in an outdoor amphitheatre that would have eventually accommodated up to fourteen thousand spectators and even though these theatres were massive and could accommodate thousands, the acoustics allowed everyone seated in the audience to hear the performers. Also there wou...