The main difference would be the audience positioning, modern day the audience is in one orderly block of staging whereas in Greek Theatre and also Elizabethan theatres the audience would be in around, an amphitheatre in Greek times for example. Compared to our performance of Electra it was a little similar as we did have the audience in 3 separate seating arrangements around the stage.
In classical times, times of Shakespeare and Greek theatre if the actors acted poorly it would be a great insult, where as nowadays actors acting poorly is just embarrassing, maybe this is due to overtime making less or more mistakes whilst performing.
The music these days can be live or digital whilst past performances music could have been more of a luxury as it would have to be played live. In our performance the music used was current but not in such a current format to fit in with the performance.
Masks were a massive thing back in Greek times as it showed expression, character and emotion, masks these days are rarely used and related more to being creepy compared to anything else. I only managed to work with masks for one workshop and whilst doing so it was clear how they were not only different to use but they completed changed the character I was trying to portray.
In conclusion on our Electra workshop I think I managed to stay focused and in character (mask emotion). A big strong point aside from my concentration in the workshop was my partner work with Lauren as we managed to work efficiently and with great pace. A weakness to the Electra workshop audition for me was being limited to the masks emotions as I picked a quite depressing and sad looking mask which meant I was limited to sad and depressed movements and expressions.
Information sourced from: http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/ - Made in 2003 - Last edited in 2014 - Accessed on 04/12/2014
The workshop video is here:
Electra Workshop 1
Electra Workshop 2
Electra Workshop 3
The music these days can be live or digital whilst past performances music could have been more of a luxury as it would have to be played live. In our performance the music used was current but not in such a current format to fit in with the performance.
Masks were a massive thing back in Greek times as it showed expression, character and emotion, masks these days are rarely used and related more to being creepy compared to anything else. I only managed to work with masks for one workshop and whilst doing so it was clear how they were not only different to use but they completed changed the character I was trying to portray.
In conclusion on our Electra workshop I think I managed to stay focused and in character (mask emotion). A big strong point aside from my concentration in the workshop was my partner work with Lauren as we managed to work efficiently and with great pace. A weakness to the Electra workshop audition for me was being limited to the masks emotions as I picked a quite depressing and sad looking mask which meant I was limited to sad and depressed movements and expressions.
Information sourced from: http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/ - Made in 2003 - Last edited in 2014 - Accessed on 04/12/2014
The workshop video is here:
Electra Workshop 1
Electra Workshop 2
Electra Workshop 3
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