Comments on: What rules of greek theatre did Shakespeare break? http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break Guide to Cheap Breaks UK Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kimon http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break/comment-page-1#comment-44 Kimon Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:46:39 +0000 http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break#comment-44 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.<br><b>References : </b><br> 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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]]> By: actormyk http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break/comment-page-1#comment-43 actormyk Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:11:42 +0000 http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break#comment-43 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.<br><b>References : </b><br> 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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]]> By: Rosey M http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break/comment-page-1#comment-42 Rosey M Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:44:17 +0000 http://www.cheapbreaksblog.co.uk/theatre-breaks/what-rules-of-greek-theatre-did-shakespeare-break#comment-42 Read here about Sheakspeare's theatre: http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htm<br><b>References : </b><br> Read here about Sheakspeare's theatre:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htm
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