The tragic Greek chorus originally wore padded clothing, thick-soled shoes, large masks and long robes. The comic Greek chorus, on the other hand, wore thin-soled shoes and smaller masks with distorted, fanciful features, and varied between tunics, robes and skimpier clothing.
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In ancient Greece, the chorus was the song in the play, where the people would sing at the end of the play.
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I believe you mean the chorus :) they act as one, speaking wholly in unison, making a social commentary on the situation on stage!
The Greek chorus was a group of approximately twelve actors who acted similar to modern narrators in Greek plays. They were integral to the plays and would sometimes have over half of the lines. Their job was to comment on the action in the play, either by speaking all together or by singing. They would dress similarly and wear masks. The role of the Greek chorus was to provide time for scene changes, give the main actors a break and time to prepare for the next scene, offer background information and information about the main themes, to offer an insight into a character's thoughts and feelings, and just generally act as a go-between for the audience and the actors. Incidentally, battles and murders were not allowed to be performed in Greek theatres and so the chorus would tell the audience of such events instead of them being acted out.
No, they were not allowed to perform at all.
to provide a commentary on what is happening
The chorus in Romeo and Juliet is one person. Although a director could decide to have more than one person saying the chorus's lines, it was not designed that way. The function of the Chorus in Greek drama was to comment on what was going on in the play, and consisted of a group or groups of people. Shakespeare retained the function but not the form; his chorus comments on the action but does not consist of a group of people.
I can't believe someone would write that. I was in a greek play and I was chorus and the chorus were just townsfolk who told the story. The spoke in rhyme.
Chorus ( or better khoros ) is a Greek word.
they sang
a technique ;)
i think it makes you sing in a greek voice
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There was usually only one actor and then the chorus... However later on other playwrights introduced two actors and then three actors. But originally there was only one.
The Chorus in Electra, the Greek tragedy by Euripides, consisted of the virgin country women from Mycenae.
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