Greek Resistance Theatre In World War II.

The article focuses on the rise of Greek Resistance Theatre during World War II. The Greek resistance movement spawned a popular resistance theater that schooled itself among the people and brought a measure of political enlightenment to peasants in the mountain villages, who had small exposure to theater. Because artists would not come into the mountains to write songs for the struggle or to dramatize events, the andartes, or mountain fighters, began to write and perform. Their intention initially was to familiarize the people with their work and to develop friendly territories in which they could operate freely. Later, as the theater in Athens and Salonika began to feel the pressure of German censorship, some performers gathered in the mountains to form small troupes that learned the songs and dances of the people, improvised and put on didactic plays.