The Greeks took their theater seriously, and as time passed, more innovators continued to develop the art form. Tragedy, deriving from the Greek words for “goat” and “song,” dealt with ...

In a similar way, “tragedy” originated onstage ... was to be performed at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, in the Peloponnese. Greek tragedies are often about eminent families, the better ...

Tragedy: This form of theatre focuses on serious and often somber ... first categorized by ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle. In his Poetics, Aristotle defined tragedy and comedy as ...

Antigone a theatrical Greek Tragedy plays in the Fischer Black Box at the Las Vegas Little Theatre August 2-11. The play is a Greek Tragedy that takes a look at the disagreement between state law ...

REUTERS/Stelios Misinas Inmate Dimitris Kavalos (right), 54, and Thodoris Syrgianidis, 28, rehearse their roles in the ancient Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ in Korydallos prison’s theatre hall ...

We asked theater co-founders Martha B ... The need to avoid excess hums through these Greek tragedies. RS: The tragedy of human life is that we live in, and are subject to, time, unlike the ...

The story of Eurydice, a character in Greek mythology, draws parallels in the tragedy stakes with Shakespeare ... s currently playing at the Lyric Theatre (City AM gave the production two ...

Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent makes Greek tragedy look easy, which it most certainly isn’t. She finds a style here — which the entire, exceptional ensemble aligns to — that expresses an ...

The show takes elements of classic Greek theater, such as a chorus that explains ... so they had a hard transition into tragedy because they're accustomed to an immediate audience response of ...

In her new book, "A Greek Tragedy," Jeanne Carstensen investigates a deadly 2015 shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesvos, ...

My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points ... will be performed in New York at Signature Theatre next month. A dear mentor of mine, the classics ...

Undermain Theatre will produce Ellen McLaughlin ... cast have done an “amazing job of breathing new life into the Greek tragedy format, and especially this play.” He views going back to ...