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greek comedy. Tommy Coleman Intro ... Lever, Katharine. Art of Greek Comedy,
Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1956 4. Norwood, Gilbert. Greek ...
... A major principle of greek comedy is the suspension of natural laws. ... These
principles generally charactize the aspect of greek comedy. ...
... This is believed because it involves a homecoming and has a happy ending, which
was the original understanding of ancient Greek comedy. ...
... In Athens he helped with the running of the city and also served as the cities army
commander (Ross,38) Another type of play is the Greek comedy. ...
... Greek comedy was derived from two different sources, the more known being the choral
element which included ceremonies to stimulate fertility at the festival ...
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Tommy Coleman
Intro to Theater Process
Kimmika Williams-Whitherspoon
Greek Comedy and
The Process of Putting on a Show
In The Poetics, comedy is defined as "a representation of an action that is laughable, lacking in magnitude, complete, [in embellished speech,] with each of its parts used separately in the various elements of the play; represented by people acting and not by narration." (Aristotle, pg. 43) Therefore a play that does not adhere to this definition is not considered funny, nor does it produce laughter, which is highly essential to the genre.
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When Kimmika told me that I was going to be doing a Satyr piece, I was devastated. I was so confident that I would be doing a musical piece in some shape or form. I would've even enjoyed opera, but not Satyr (of all genres) to do a project on. I was intimidated by the genre for my lack of knowledge about it. I was also fearful that my production would not add up to the caliber of the one I saw last spring semester, which followed all the rules, it seemed, of what a Greek comedy was supposed to be. With such anxiety eating at my psyche, it was difficult to move forward confidently with this project. On top of that, I was in the middle of rehearsals for Jitney, so I was not sure that I would pull my weight for the project. What is funny is that for the most part, my fear should've been the same fear as my partners who did not do as much as I did for this project at all.
Firstly, as far as meeting with my group members was concerned, that idea was cute in the beginning. Abbey, Phuong and I met during classes and discussed ideas for a possible Greek play. Then we suggested ways to come up with concepts and bring them back to each other. However not too long into the duration of the project, communication became non-existent. The only time I talked to my group members was during class time in Theater 011. Outside of...
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