• Performed all day in natural light
• Simple sets, black curtains to represent night, painted lightning History of Lighting
o The Romans
• Borrowed from the Greeks, emphasis on spectacle
• Big special effects: burned houses on stage, erupting craters
• Indoor theatres History of Lighting
o The Romans
• Borrowed from the Greeks, emphasis on spectacle
• Big special effects: burned houses on stage, erupting craters
• Indoor theatres
• Lit with candles, oil lamps and torches History of Lighting
o Medieval Period
• Back to the Greeks
• Performed outdoors or in churches
• Relied on natural light Cathedral nave