Early Man and primitive theatre

The first attempt at theatre can be traced back to the stone age where cavemen and women would have little to no knowledge of the world around them for example why does the sun set? and what are seasons? They could only theorize and go off that. They would create a story or belief on why the sun set and then tell the rest of their tribe or family or group that story, and due to them having no other explanation, they believed it. These stories could develop into a dance needed to praise the God of the Sun otherwise the God may take away the sun from them for example. Obviously with our knowledge today we know this is ridiculous but we have to remember just how basic their understandings of the world were. Dances would spread to rituals and traditions passed down from generation to generation, slightly changing each time is is recited as they wouldn't be able to remember it exactly.  This story telling is the beginning of theatre as the stories would have characters and would be dramatized greatly in order to impact the audience into not only believing in the story but devoting their time and worship to it as well.

Modern day iterations of such traditions and celebrations can be seen at times such as Easter or Diwali where Christians and Hindus alike celebrate their own respective beliefs by partaking in particular activities. These outlines just how essential and important theatre is in our lives and a lot of people might not fully realize or appreciate that, that theatre is much more than plays, movies or books.

This style of theatre, (story telling of the world and events) would stay in places for hundreds of years as humans still were unable to grasp the knowledge of the world needed to move away from this type of theatre and progress forward.