The Ancient Theatre of Hephaistia on the island of Limnos, Greece, is a remarkable testament to the rich cultural heritage of ...

The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres of drama were comedy ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns, called dithyrambs, were sung in honor of the god Dionysus. These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in ...

Theatre has always been a reflection of humanity—its dreams, struggles, and evolution. From ancient rituals to modern ...

History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...

How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...

Built on the site of a natural amphitheater in the hills above campus, with funds donated by William Randolph Hearst, the Greek Theatre was the first building designed by campus architect John Galen ...

Overall, the exhibit was novel without distracting from its real and important message. It used the Greek chorus in a way ...

Theater Studies play ‘The Fury’ links themes from classical theater to current events “The Fury” weaves together ancient myth with recent and current events in an exploration of women’s anger, a ...

The Greeks pretty much invented the theatre. Thousands of people packed the hillside arena of ancient Athens to watch plays by famous writers like Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The Greeks ...