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Greek theatre performance styles

Athenian tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, solo performance, actor dialogue are some of the styles that were performed in Greek theatre.

Athenian tragedy- Athenian tragedy was performed by men and was also performed solely for men as well.

Comedy- Ancient Greek comedy was one of the principal dramatic forms in the theatre. Athenian comedy id divided into three periods old comedy, middle comedy and new comedy. Comedies were performed in formal competitions of two major festivals of Dionysus. Each festival seems to have featured five comic poets staging a single play a piece. Satyr plays- were an ancient Greek form of tragic comedy. They were a generally much shorter, around half the length of an average Tragedy.

Solo Performance- In performing arts and entertainment, a one-person show, also known as a "one-man show" or a "solo show," is a performance enacted by a solitary performer on stage. In Greek theatre all roles were played by men and as time went on they added other men to the solo performer. The men even played the Girl character.

Dialogue- This was a performance played up to four men and they all played more than one part, Dialogue’s are still around today and are as still as popular.