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**.**  What were the actors like? Ancient Greek actors show symbolic significance in a a greek production. In the beginning of theatre, poets were often actors, and they were called hypocrits, the leading actors of the play. The actors were always men and female roles were played by men. Often female roles were played by young men, before the age of puberty.

  What were the costumes like? Even the costumes had significance, in how plays were to be understood by the audience. Since all of the actors were men female themed costumes were made to look feminine. These costumes extended the heels in shoes, and added extensions of the chest area. The most important part of the costume was the mask, the masks displayed emotion and feeling in the play.

  What were the plays like? The plays in greek culture were tragedy’s, comedy’s and satyr’s. These plays often followed myth, epics, poems legends, and religion.

  How was violence portrayed? Well, violence in theatre was considered taboo and topics such as war, murder, revenge, sexual passion, incest, surprised the sensibilities of audiences, and would not be allowed to be acted out on stage. Although violence could not be portrayed actually taking place, its results could be shown by means of a wheeled platform or trolley which could be rolled out through the central doors of the skene, and on which such things as mangled bodies would be shown to the characters on stage and the audience as a static tableau. The machine was a kind of crane, mounted behind or on top of the skene, from which actors playing the parts could be suspended to make entrances.

  Give any information that seems important. The chourus= Narrates and reflects on the action. Without them, the audience would have no background information, and the play would be more confusing. http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/theatre/actors.html

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/DRAMA.HTM

http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/tragedy.htm

http://www.staloysius.org/Myrtle/Classics/higher_classical_studies/mod9/Intro_Greek_theatre.htm