In classic works of literature or drama, tragedy tends to take one of three forms. First, there are the tragedies that are self-inflicted—that grow out of central character’s inherent flaws, or what ...

ATHENS — Greece’s turbulent summer journey, scarred by wildfires and floods on a biblical scale with only a brief interval in between, came to a hard fall’s landing with a maritime tragedy that ... in ...

Greek tragedies are often about eminent ... the woman Agamemnon brought home with him as a war captive, is murdered, too. “Tragedy,” in drama, is concerned with shock, suffering and sorrow ...

The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama returns this summer with impressive, contemporary renditions of long-standing tales. Once again, top-tier theatre companies have been chosen to ...

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

The Quad Cities’ Genesius Guild theater opens its 69th season of free theater with the classic Greek tragedy “Oedipus ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Overall, DuBose says Vaeni and the cast have done an “amazing job of breathing new life into the Greek tragedy format, and especially this play.” He views going back to the oldest drama and ...