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...Greeks produced an audience of thirty thousand to our possible three thousand, they sat in the open air, they went to theatre much as we go to church, and the actors wore masks, and had no harmony in singing. Greek theatre-going was for only three days, at the Dionysiac festival. The people at this time creased in holiday attire; the taverns were thrown open, bowls of free wine were everywhere and it was considered a solemn duty to get intoxicated. The streets were filled with mountebanks and jugglers and the whole population completely abandoned themselves to pleasure...
...Corey read his dissertation on the Dionysiac Theatre last night before an appreciative audience. The first excavations on the site of the theatre which had been covered, for nobody knows how many years were made by the Archaeological Association of Athens. But they were attended by little or no success...
Before the erection of the Dionysiac Theatre in the fifth century before Christ, a wooden scaffolding was used for the performance of the early dramas. The exact arrangement of stage and orchestra in the theatre is not fully understood, and archaeologists still differ widely in their views about essential features. False notions have sprung up about the appearance of the theatre through the descriptions which late Roman writers made of it. To dwell carefully on the details of this grand structure, in which the greatest of the world's dramas were performed, is one of the most grateful tasks...
Bowdoin Prize Dissertation. The Dionysiac Theatre. Mr. Arthur Deloraine Corey. Sever...
Bowdoin Prize Dissertation. The Dionysiac Theatre. Mr. Arthur Deloraine Corey. Sever...