Through the reading, in early centuries asia countries like China and Japan, their theatric performance was derived from religious pratice for gods like an encient Greek. Why religious performance was important in China and Japan,  and did it have same purpose like ancient greek that hope to maintain the world or other purpose?

In the reading on early Indian theater it explain that theres an emphasis on body movement, vocal expression, inner expressivity,and external aspects. This can be sen in both videos in which the actors really seem to have perfected their craft, and the performance focuses on facial expressions, the costume, and the hand gestures.

The source of this information is provided by the Natyasastra, but what is the basis for the categorization of “movement, gesture, and the internal methods of acting the moods and of being of characters”? How does one create a system in which specific body movement has a specific meaning?

How similar is Indian theater to Greek theater in the sense that they want to please there Gods by doing performances?

After reading this article, i tought the ancient Indian theatre is like the ancient Greek theatre such a form of ritual ceremony to God. When i watch the Balywood movie, there are bunch of music, chorus, sing and dance. It is exactly same structure with Greek theatre, just without adudiences. Is it possible to think the Balywood movie is a kind of classic Greek theatre even though the Balywood movie has a movie form?

Since scripts were held to an immense value, do you believe the effects of a story were more effective to grasp the audience attention? Or did aesthetics take a more salient role in impressing the crowd?

Lysistrata at Baruch

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1 and 2

Since drama and new comedy were played in ancient theatre’s. why did they leave out horror?

In the reading it stated that the Buddhist practice in Japanese culture had rituals honoring ancestors, the Greeks had something similar to this. Did the dead ancestors get anything special out of these rituals or is it just a commemoration?

The text at first is hard to understand but once you grasp the meaning its so intense and appealing to read. Every act is overplayed and dramatic which represents theater, so we as the audience can feel the emotions of the character.

although the translation made it harder to read it was a boost of intensity.the story seems to represent a king if you would  say some sort of hierarchy whom power was giving to him/her by a “divine” source unexplained to the people being ruled nor agreed upon. this story seems to be how the people will react and take action against such a force