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.

Greek tragedy isn’t a genre often attempted in high school productions, but Hoks said there would be plenty for the audience to enjoy and the actors to sink their teeth into. For one thing ...

Discover how satire, humor, and societal critique shaped Western theater in this insightful overview of the ancient Greek comedy.

Theatre MSU students will perform an adaptation of “Medea,” the classical Greek tragedy at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-28 and March 1 ...

Although what Aristotle originally delivered was a treatise on all genres of Greek poetry, with specific reference to epic, tragedy, and comedy, in what survives, tragedy dominates. In its ...