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1979THEATER
GREEK THEATER: GREECE CIRCA 478-336 B.C.
PROFESSOR ERIC HANDLEY OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND THE INSTITUTE FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES, LONDON, DISCUSSES THE CLASSICAL GREEK THEATRE, FOCUSING ON THE THEATERS AT EPIDAUROS AND ATHENS. CONTRASTS THE ANCIENT AND MODERN THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSSES SUCH ASPECTS OF DRAMA AS COSTUME, THE TECHNIQUES AND DISPOSITION OF ACTORS AND THE FUNCTION OF THE CHORUS.
PEOPLE WATCH PERFORMANCE OF GREEK THEATRE. RUINS OF THEATRE ROUND. GREEK VASE. ENGLISHMAN TALKS TO CAMERA. ARENA. SEMI-CIRCLE FORMATION. ARTISTS IMPRESSION. MAN TALKS SOOTHINGLY. PERFORMING SCENE. MAN CARRIES BODY DRAPED IN A SHEET. WOMAN WITH A LOOK OF FRIGHT. VERY SCARED. BIZARRE SCENE ACTED OUT. YOU KILLED MY FATHER, THEN YOU SHALL DIE. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. REVENGE. SWIFT JUSTICE. CRAZY OLD LADY. MAN SITS BY TV. CU TURNING PAGES OF BOOK. HANDWRITTEN TEXT. DRAMA. COLUMN BUILDING. MUSEUM. HUGE COLLECTION OF GREEK VASES IN GLASS CASES. MAN EXPLAINS THE PICTURES ON THE VASES. INTERPRETING STORIES. STATUES WITH GROTESQUE FACES. RECREATION OF GREEK THEATER PERFORMANCE. MAN BABBLING. OUTDOOR AUDIENCE WATCHES ACTORS.

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TITLE CARD: SUPERIMPOSED OVER HIGH ANGLE OF GREEK THEATRE RUINS
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PAN OF RUINS
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GREEK PERFORMANCE ON STAGE OF AMPHITHEATRE, MASKED FIGURES MOVE IN CIRCLE, POV AUDIENCE, CUT TO POV HIGH ANGLE
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MS OF PROFESSOR ERIC HANDLEY OF LONDON
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FRAGMENT OF 6TH CENTURY GREEK POT WITH HORSES, ZOOM IN TO FIGURES SEATED ON TIERED STEPS
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VARIOUS STILLS OF GREEK THEATER AT EPIDAURUS, NARRATOR DISCUSSES THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE THEATER
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DIAGRAM OF THE THEATER
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MS OF SEATED BRITISH PROFESSOR HANDLEY DISCUSSING
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STILL OF PAVED CIRCULAR FLOOR OUTSIDE, GREEK VILLAGE
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HIGH ANGLE OF THEATRE DIONYSUS RUINS AT ATHEN
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STILL OF STONES IN RUINS
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ILLUSTRATION OF TERRACE WALL AND TEMPLE
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HIGH ANGLE DOWN AT THEATER AT DIONYSUS IN ATHENS
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FLOOR OF THEATER, D SHAPED
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HIGH ANGLE DOWN AT DIONYSUS THEATER
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MS OF BRITISH PROFESSOR, LECTURING ABOUT GREEK THEATERS
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FLOOR OF GREEK THEATER
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PAN OF STONES IN GREEK RUINS
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MS OF BRITISH PROFESSOR
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DIAGRAMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF GREEK THEATER, PROFESSOR DRONES ON
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MS OF PROFESSOR LECTURING ABOUT THE GREEK CHORUS VERSUS THE ACTORS AND THE TRANSITION OVER THE CENTURIES
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HIGH ANGLE DOWN AT VARIOUS GREEK THEATER RUINS, SHOWS THE STAGE AREA GROWING
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PROFESSOR LECTURES
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DRAMATIC BBC PERFORMANCE OF SOPHOCLES ELECTRA, ACTORS IN MODERN DRESS
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MAN ENTERS CARRYING COVERED BODY AND LAYS IT ON A TABLE, MAN LIFTS THE SHEET AND WOMAN IS IN SHOCK, MAN ADMITS HIS IS ORESTES
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WOMAN PLAYING ELECTRA, SCENE CONTINUES, ORESTES LEAVES WITH THE MEN
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OLD WOMAN "AND THIS DAY'S WORK, WELL DONE"
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BRITISH PROFESSOR AND TELEVISION, ZOOM IN AS HE TALKS ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY AND THE SPACE, TELEVISION PRODUCTION VERSUS ANCIENT PRODUCTION
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HANDS TURNING ANTIQUE BOOK FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY,
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PROFESSOR CONTINUES HIS LECTURE, DISCUSSES ANCIENT DIALOGUE
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GREEK TEMPLE INSPIRED BUILDING, MUSEUM EXT
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BRITISH MUSEUM INT WITH MANY SHOWCASES OF GREEK VASES
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PROFESSOR WITH GREEK VASES, TALKS ABOUT THE THEATRICAL PICTURES PAINTED ON THEM
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VARIOUS CU OF GREEK VASE WITH ORESTES, APOLLO AND ATHENA
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MAN STANDING WITH DISPLAY OFGREEK VASES
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FS OF VASE
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CU OF VASE WITH ORESTES AND APOLLO
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CU OF SMALL GREEK POT WITH WOMAN'S FACE, SHOWS STAGE AND FLOOR, MASK OF ELECTRA
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MAN'S HAND AND SMALL GREEK EWER, WINE JUG, 5TH CENTURY, CUT TO CU OF MEN RUNNING AND BIRDS DEPICTED
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MAN TALKS ABOUT GREEK VASE IN BERLIN, CUT TO CU OF FIGURES ON THE POT WITH BIRD MASKS
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MAN STANDS WITH TABLE OF GREEK POTS AND DISCUSSES THE GREEK PLAY
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MAN POINTS TO GREEK VASE, CUT TO CU OF IMAGES, MAN CLIMBS LADDER TO WINDOW
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ZOOM OUT FROM STATUE WITH GROTESQUE FACES OR MASK
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DISPLAY OF SMALL CARVINGS
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SMALL FIGURE OF HERACLES
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SMALL FIGURE OF OLD WOMAN AND BABY, TERRA COTTA FROM METROPOLITAN MUSEUM IN NYC
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PROFESSOR AND GREEK CARVINGS
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DISPLAY OF ANCIENT CARVINGS
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MOLD WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED TO MAKE CAKES, WITH TRAGIC HEROINE ON A COUCH, CUT TO CU, MAYBE ORESTES
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BRITISH PROFESSOR DISCUSSES GREK ANTIQUITIES
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CU OF GROTESQUE FIGURE, ZOOM OUT, COMIC SLAVE FROM ROME, CUTS TO SMALL BRONZE
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BRITISH PROFESSOR DISCUSSES THE FIGURES AS SOUVENIRS
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FIGURES ON DISPLAY
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BRITISH PROFESSOR SITTING AT TABLE WITH BOOK
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CU OF GREEK VASE 5TH CENTURY, SHOWS ACTORS DRESSING UP
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CU OF GREEK VASE WITH ACTORS WITH MASKS PAINTED, DIONYSUS
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BRITISH PROFESSOR DISCUSSES GREEK PLAYS AND THEATERS
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GREEK PLAY PERFORMANCE, OLD MAN IN TOGA,
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AUDIENCE AT GREEK PLAY IN AMPHITHEATER
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PAN OF EMPTY THEATER RUINS
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