The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.

It’s notoriously difficult to bargain with the lord of the underworld, and when he concedes, it is ill advised to violate his ...

This course examines ancient Greek tragedy in translation. It looks at the transformation of myth into tragedy in the fifth century BCE and reflects on why these classical dramas remain popular today.

He’s the most performed playwright in history. But which of William Shakespeare’s plays do twenty-first century Brits actually like the most? Back in 2016, we marked the celebrations around ...

He wrote different types of plays – histories, tragedies and comedies ... there and learned Latin and Greek. He got married at 18 and had children. Shakespeare moved to London, and became ...

With the curtain about to rise on the fall season, lots of Lancaster County theaters are opening new productions. This month will mark the reopening of Fulton Theatre, as part of the new Ed and ...