Today's theatre is a mix of many styles that have been popular for hundreds of years. In this lesson, learn how each time period contributed to what we now see during a live, dramatic performance.
When you're analyzing or interpreting a piece of literature, it's useful to know something about the time period during which the work was written. This information can help you identify patterns, anticipate forms and predict themes. Looking at drama is no different. If you know a little bit about the history of the theatre, you will have a better chance of understanding the context of a play before you even begin reading it.
As we've seen, theatre has changed quite a bit over time. It started with the ritualistic nature of primitive theatre and continued through the ritual worship of the Greek gods. This ritualistic tendency changed during the Middle Ages, when the Christian Church insisted on morality plays that showed godly heroes overcoming evil. During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of the arts, including drama, which resulted in more modernized theatres, sets and scripts.

It also gave us the most famous of playwrights, William Shakespeare. After the Renaissance, the Romantic period introduced the melodrama, where the hero always wins. This was followed by the Realism period. Today's modern theatre uses a mix of these styles to entertain live audiences across the world.

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