1. Sophocles And Antigone
Once Sophocles is provided with these three elements from the Archon, he along with the lead actor will select two more males to perform in his play. Upon completion of this task, Sophocles will contact his three actors and Choregus in order to set up a series of practices and begin designing masks for each character. Each actor will be required to perform a variety of characters throughout the play and thus wear multiple masks due to the Greek rule that allows only three actors to have speaking parts in any one play. In addition, if a female role exists in the play, the male actors must as...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate