Such a balance between elements of tragedy and comedy was emblematic of what satyr plays set out to accomplish. One of the most famous ancient Greek theaters that still stands today, the Theater ...

From the grand stages of ancient Greece to the bustling theaters of today, the iconic comedy and drama masks have long symbolized the dual nature of theatrical storytelling. Whether you’re a ...

Theatre nerds everywhere ... first categorized by ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle. In his Poetics, Aristotle defined tragedy and comedy as two distinct genres, each with its own rules ...

Retired theater critic Michael Handelzalts ... Egyptian playwright Ali Salim did just that with The Oedipus Comedy. By switching the location from the Greek city of Thebes, which had seven gates ...

The raucous stage comedy—which began in ancient Greek theater and was later adopted into the boulevard comedies of late 1800s France—once enjoyed a considerable heyday, with shows such as ...

Aristophanes’s 2,500-year-old comedy follows the pompous god of ... It was full of nods to Greek theatre of the time, in-jokes and fart gags, and adaptor Carl Grose’s update captures that ...