What rules of greek theatre did Shakespeare break?
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What rules of greek theatre did Shakespeare break e.g no shown violence on stage. I need some more that was broken. Also were there interior scenes in greek theatre and Shakespearian theatre?
Many thnaks for your help!
While I am no expert here's a couple.
More than three actors on the stage.
Used female actors.
The actors were not wearing masks.
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Read here about Sheakspeare's theatre:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htm
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Shakespeare did observe the 5-act structure although, as you've mentioned, many gory scenes were done on stage.
Recent scholarship (meaning Shakespeare would not have known this) has revealed that the "rules" for theatre were not being given as strict guidelines by which to write a play; they were simply descriptions of dramas of the time. I guess it's a subtlety of the Greek language but one of my English professors said what we considered to be rules for the longest time, or "prescriptions" of how one must do a play, were actually "descriptions" of the dramas written during the time of Sophocles and Euripides.
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February 6th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
While I am no expert here's a couple.
More than three actors on the stage.
Used female actors.
The actors were not wearing masks.
References :