The story of Eurydice, a character in Greek mythology, draws parallels in the tragedy stakes with Shakespeare ... s currently playing at the Lyric Theatre (City AM gave the production two ...

A play about a young woman traveling to the underworld after dying on her wedding day is hitting the stage at the Boardmore .

Two concurrent London productions of Oedipus might seem like overkill, but they actually worked to demonstrate the versatility of the tragic form.

Simpson College’s Blank Performing Arts Center hosted a revamped production of the play “Medea” this past weekend. The ...

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 is also a hint to “a life beyond” in their tragic ending, says White, and “that love transcends this life. Even as they ...

For its next production, Theatre TJC is going Greek with “Antigone,” a new play by TJC theatre professor and director Denise Weatherly-Green, based on Sophocles’ original work, written around 441 ...

This course examines ancient Greek tragedy in translation. It looks at the transformation of myth into tragedy in the fifth century BCE and reflects on why these classical dramas remain popular today.