Greek Theatre

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Theater.html

This site was really helpful in my search for information about ancient Greek theatre. It has different sections where you can search for different information. I already knew a little about Greek theatre, so this was sort of a review for me. The stage was like an arena where the audience sat and looked down at the show; there was a chorus who sang what was going on; and there is usually an Exodus where you learn the moral of the story at the end. But I did not know, and I was interested in the fact, that the cast of Greek theatre consisted of a chorus and only three actors; no matter how many speaking parts there were they only used three actors by making them change costumes or masks to change their character. I thought that was interesting because in modern theatre casts range from numbers as low 2 actors to as grand as 50 actors.
I would have loved to go to a traditional Greek theatre performance. I believe Greek theatre would have interested me way more than the traditional Kabuki theatre would have. Kabuki seems to be more of a slower paced show with actions that are far fetched, while Greek theatre seems to be more realistic. I believe that more modern theatres around the world derived from Greek theatre more than they derived from Kabuki, even some elements are still used from Kabuki.