The first plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus ... is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays. His pupil, Sophocles went on to add a third actor, while Euripides added both a prologue ...

History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...

We refer to this as the “Greek Theater” effect (Morsella et al., in press). In Ancient Greece, theaters often contained a central, circular stage. With this geometry, any spectator could ...

The most successful Athenian playwright was Sophocles, who won so many Greek theatre competitions that he became a big celebrity. There were three types of plays – comedies, tragedies (which ...

Metamorphoses, directed by Kunal Prasad, offers an entertaining night out for all Cal State East Bay students, friends, and ...

His play 'The Persians', first performed in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays ... The first plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus, built in the shadow of the Acropolis ...