Jacki's Reflection

Hey to all...
As for those questions....
1. I believe that the purpose of drama today is to both entertain, and to teach people. It's purpose is to not only make people laugh, but to also get important issues across to them. As Brecht said, to make the audience think.

2. As far as unusual aspects of Greek theatre-no. Now maybe this is because i'm used to drama, and expect it to bring about Drama. However what does make me wonder is the fact that i believe Ian said that with Greek drama, a lot of the major action took place off stage, and the after math appeared on the stage. Now, i know that this was done because they didn't have the technology as we do today, but what about the attempt to heighten the intensity or mystery of what was "going on" backstage? I found it not cool that it was only performed once a year...but i suppose its understandable because drama was not popular back in the day like that.
That is all!