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.

There’s some hardcore memorization going on for Prior Lake High School’s production of “Medea,” an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, coming April 15-17. Just ask Gavin Vogt, ...

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 ...