picture source:
www.aktywni.barycz.pl
Theatre is
the most important kind of culture for me. The emotions which I feel during the
play are compared to these from opera. I admire theatre! It doesn’t matter if
it is comedy, drama or other gender. When I’m sitting at the audience, I can
totally forget about world which is around me – worries disappear, thoughts
about work, troubles and all the rest which are completely unnecessary in my
life. I’m focused only on actors and their play.
The
beginning of the theatre is dated around 500 BC in Greece. There were City
Dionysia in the spring and Rural Dionysia in the autumn. The first gave the
beginning for drama and second for comedy. Both festivals were organized to
worship god Dionysus. The first actor was set by Tespis and later the amount of
actors had increased. Now it depends only from the capacity of the building. In
the past plays had place on the mountain slopes where was good visibility –
these places were called amphitheatres. Now we can visit them around the world.
In ancient
times each play began with chore and actor appeared on the scene. During the
play, chore and actors changed. Chore’s role was to comment, describe
characters and add what wasn’t said by actor. It’s worth to remember that only
men could be on the scene – the played women as well. So when was the first
time when woman appeared on the scene? It was common around XVII century –
before it was thought to be a degradation for woman. Now it’s not a problem –
even, I think that there are more actresses than actors. But of course I can
make a mistake ;)
Below I chose the best oddities about the theatre:
1.
The National Day of Theatre is
on 27th March – it’s one day after my birthday, great! :)
2.
The beginning of Polish
theatre is dated in Middle Ages.
3.
The longest working actor was
Johannes Heesters – 90 years (!) on the scene.
4.
The oldest theatre in Poland
is Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw – it arose in 1765.
5.
The biggest theatre in the
world is also Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw – the audience of the biggest part is
1841 places.
For the end
of the post I decided to write about superstitions which are connected with the
theatre (source: http://www.teatr.win.pl/przesady.htm):
- don’t put
script on bed, sofa or chair because the role will be broke,
- actor
shouldn’t come back home if he forgets his script,
- if the
script falls on the floor, trample it,
- actors
shouldn’t whistle on the scene because the play will be whistled,
- don’t come
on the scene with left leg,
- don’t open
the umbrella on the scene,
- don’t eat
pumpkin or sunflower seeds – it’s my favourite superstition,
- don’t clap
during rehearsal.
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