Western theatre
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Updated: 7 Feb 2018
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Created byEmilia Mentula
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The beginning of theatre
- a part of a festival called the Dionysia in ancient Greece
- only men were allowed to performGreek comedy mask"The marriage of Figaro" by Mozart"The Magic Flute" by Mozart"Dafne"
- The first known opera
- composed by Jacopo Peri"Carmen" by Georges Bizet"Orpheus in the Underworld" by Jacques Offenbach"The Bat" by Johann Strauss II"A Gaiety Girl"
- one of the very first hit musicals"Oklahoma!""West Side Story""Hair""Les Misérables""The Phantom of the Opera"
by Andrew Lloyd Webber"Rent""Wicked""Hamilton""Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare"Hamlet" by William ShakespeareLondon's West End Theatre became the largest English-speaking audience in the world"Rigoletto" by Giuseppe VerdiPeriods
ComedyTragedySatyr playOperaMusical theatre"The Ring of the Nibelung"
- a cycle of four operas composed by Richard Wagner
- the duration in its entirety is 15 hoursOperettaShakespeare produced most of his playsTony Awards
- an annual award show to recognize excellence in live Broadway theatre
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