When watching the television show "Gilligan's Island" there are some features that are reminiscent of the Greek and Roman theatre. For example, the opening credits on "Gilligan's Island" explain the story of what events took place before the action of the show starts to kind of catch the audience up to speed and give them a little background to help them understand what the situation is when the episode begins. This is similar to the role that the Greek chorus played. They served, partly, as narrators to explain the action and background behind the play to help the audience understand what the play was about. The chorus was a very important part of the Greek theatre as is the theme song at the beginning of "Gilligan's Island." They both allowed major portions of the plays/shows action to be given ‘off stage' so that the main plot could be focused on. It allows the writer to get to the point of the play/show quickly without losing any important pieces and still giving the audience a......

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Title: A Brief History Of Music
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