#Classical Greek Theatre
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emaadsidiki · 1 year ago
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Force of Nature Sculpture by Lorenzo Quinn.
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Fountains at Classical Greek Theater in Doha.
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escapismsworld · 1 year ago
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The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in Greece is a remarkable testament to ancient Greek artistic prowess and classical architecture. Built in the 4th century BCE, this meticulously designed amphitheater features exceptional acoustics, allowing even faint whispers to be heard from the highest seats. It was primarily used for Greek tragedies and comedies, highlighting the cultural significance of theater in ancient times.
📸: Dimitrios Pallis
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decepti-thots · 6 months ago
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(apologies to my followers here for an off topic post, but i want this to show up in some tags (for once) and my personal account is... hidden from search, lol.)
i recently recovered my old hard drive from my dead laptop, including recovering my theatre bootlegs. one of which is something i've seen people asking about for the past couple of years (and had been trying to find again myself without luck): a BBC4 broadcast of the 2015 Barbican production of Anne Carson's translation of Antigone, directed by Ivo van Hove. it was broadcast twice and never released on DVD or permanent streaming. there used to be public links around, but all of them are dead as of right now that i could track down.
so i have uploaded it to archive.org now i have it again!
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i had to convert the mkv to mp4, for reasons of 'my broadband is shit and uploads too slowly', but it's still good quality. anyway, i enjoy this production a lot. i want more people to watch it! i'm glad i could get it back and upload it somewhere.
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illustratus · 1 month ago
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An Audience in Athens during the Representation of Agamemnon by Aeschylus — by William Blake Richmond
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hornyforpoetry · 8 days ago
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[ You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough... ]
[ Actors are by nature volatile—alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster... ]
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[ For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me... ]
[ At the end, I was winded but weirdly elated, relieved to be someone other than myself for a while—more willing to go to war than face my own ugly, meager demons... ]
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Roman Theatre // Acropolis // Athens, Greece Quotes from "If We Were Villains" by M.L.Rio
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quidam-sirenae · 7 months ago
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What if we unpacked how Achilles first reaction to Patroclus’ death was to try to kill himself
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greekandmusicals · 8 months ago
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Why I wanted to use shadow puppets as a way to tell the Sisyphus musical
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So three main reasons 
Reason 1: Sisyphus is a snake-like character. So the movements of the shadows fit his mindset.
While designing Sisyphus, I was inspired by Dr. Facilier and Magica Despell from the Ducktales reboot and and how the shadow movements helped bring to life their scheming nature. 
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Combined with my obsession with shadow plays in general, I thought it would be cool to take that and apply it to a one-act musical about a mythical schemer. 
Reason 2: The same reason as before but flipped on its head. He's in the shadows. Sisyphus used to be a king, but now he's pushing a bolder uphill while the world passes him by.
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Reason 3: To suit the tone of the show, when creating a new show, most people won't know what to expect. Is it a parody? Is it a drama? 
Since this musical focuses more on the folkloric elements of the tale, having the shadow puppet design helps clearly mark the fairy tale tone the show wants to present. These design choices help separate the show from other Greek myth musicals like Hercules and Epic the Musical as well. 
Oh also
I’m excited to show this guy once his puppet is done.
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local-queer-classicist · 4 months ago
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I think every sad movie should come with an extra ten minutes at the end of funny bloopers, dumber versions of intense scenes, or the actors dubbing over tragic moments with stupid jokes. Like the satyr plays at the Dionysia.
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sarafangirlart · 8 months ago
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Euripides Danae fragments.
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copycatvagabond · 8 months ago
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rip Aeschylus you would've loved understage lifts and onstage rotating sections
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emaadsidiki · 1 year ago
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Katara Beach Nights & Doha City Lights
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rebelsafoot · 9 months ago
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saw the second last production of the penelopiad starring jennifer morrison!! as someone who absolutely LOVES the odyssey, ouat, and house it was literally my dream performance the entire cast was SO GOOD!!! i dont think any experience will ever top this night i am so glad i got the chance to see this
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darkbluesweater · 29 days ago
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medea; euripedes
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ennuyeuxbabe · 1 year ago
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okay but have you considered that i am the shape you made me??? like have you deliberated on the clause that filth teaches filth??? uh yeah that's what i thought
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aristosmusical · 2 years ago
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Our album (!!!) was released on all streaming platforms today! Go take a listen wherever you get your music and let us know what you think – thank you so much for joining us on our journey to Ithaca!
Spotify / YouTube / Apple Music / Instagram
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trysomethingse25 · 10 months ago
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Hello, I'm back. I’m writing a sisyphus musical and Here's a description of the song where Sisyphus tricks Persephone
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Song 7 Hopelessly Adrift: This is the song during the second time; he passes and gets stuck in the underworld. Here, Sisyphus tricks Persephone into freeing him by saying that he has unfinished business because his wife did not get to bury him, and he was oceans away from her because he was caught in a drift that kept him apart from her at his death.
(Even knowing Sisyphus intentionally made his wife put his body in the drift, it was a ruse set up between him and his wife.)
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He uses climate metaphors in the song because he knows that will ring true with Persephone (the melody of If I Play My Cards Right plays during this song and all the other songs where Sisyphus manipulates people, but here it's a romantic violin rendition of the motif).
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This song has multiple meanings because his body was adrift, but he's also trying to get Persephone to "turn the tides" so he can be alive again.
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