In his Poetics, Aristotle defined tragedy and comedy as two distinct genres, each with its own rules and effects on the audience. These categories have been central to Western theatre ever since.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s Theatre MSU opens its spring season with productions of “Medea” and “She Kills Monsters,” showcasing the two most popular genres of theater—tragedy and ...

"It's an important part of our history." The very words "theater," "tragedy" and "comedy" are Greek, harking back to Athens' golden age in the fifth century BC when dramatists such as Aristophanes ...

The thematic concepts common to these plays are, it is claimed, matters of belonging, of being lost and found. In Amir Nizar Zuabi’s production of The Comedy of Errors, however, the more ...