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[alfie9113]

Dear O.O.O.O.O.O., this is a great question. The chorus is a brilliant theatrical device, but it now seems relegated to antiquity. The closest we have to a chorus in modern drama is the use of a narrator, who often speaks with the audience as a singular, disembodied voice -- sometimes commenting on the events taking place, sometimes providing expositional material or subtext, but often simply guiding the audience through the story in linear (and ever so rarely, nonlinear) fashion.It is difficult to imagine a contemporary playwright seriously attempting to incorporate a classical, plural, Greek chorus into a modern script. There is a new film currently making its debut this November 2007 in Bloomington, Indiana which makes use of a Greek chorus. In Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, written by Alana McNair & Kate Wilkinson, a chorus is utilized, though entirely for comedic effect.“Throughout the play, a Greek chorus appears providing the audience with “so unnecessary, it’s hilarious” commentary on the not-so-covert themes in the story.” 1*As to your specific question, here is one scholarly view on the origin of the chorus:“Its origin is absolutely lost in mystery, and can only be guessed at. It's dithyrambic rapture and rhapsody, with the mystic dance weaving its captivating dreamy mazes around the Thymele, were a survival of religious symbolisms. Its sacred origin preserved for it its place until the end--was, in very truth, the real secret of its continued existence and popularity. The dialect of the Chorus which persisted was Doric--but a conventional Doric, and not the living patois; just as the Coptic prayers are embalmed in a tongue the very meaning of which is sealed even for the priests who read the liturgy.The Chorus rejoiced in the triumph of good; it wailed aloud its grief, and sympathised with the woe of the puppets of the gods. It entered deeply into the interest of their fortunes and misfortunes, yet it stood apart, outside of triumph and failure." 2 *In this essay excerpt, Bruce Seaton comments on the use of the chorus specifically in the Sophocles play, Oedipus the King:“In Oedipus, the chorus functions almost entirely as a normal character in the drama of the play, responding to others in the story, reacting to the action, and behaving in a fairly standard manner. The chorus also recounts what is happening in the plot by means of the "strophe/ antistrophe" verses, which could have been sung or spoken by the chorus. Further, the chorus is the "soul prophetic" of the play, foreshadowing the doom that is to befall Oedipus with doubts and desperately hoping that the prophecies are untrue. The chorus in Oedipus Rex has a more important role, however: to generate sympathy in the audience for Oedipus's situation.” 3*I hope this helps with your project…-- Songsmyth1. http://www.indy.com/events/view/519872. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/chorus001.html3. http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=functions%20of%20the%20greek%20chorus