— Tragedy [ Aeschylus | Sophocles | Euripides ] — Comedy [ Aristophanes | Menander ] — Roman Theatre —
General Resources
- M. Revermann, A Cultural History of Theatre in Antiquity, vol. 1 of Cultural History of Theatre (Bloomsbury, 2017) [Review by Neto in BMCR]
- D. L. Delaney, “Greek Drama Resources: A Bibliography and Filmography” (2016) [45-page PDF bibliography including internet resources, film descriptions, quite complete brief list of translations and adaptations; includes comedy, and Roman drama as well, more summarily]
- I. C. Storey and A. Allan, A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama [review of 1st ed. (2005) by Kennedy in BMCR]; 2nd ed. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014) [Google Books preview]
- M. McDonald and M. Walton (eds.), Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre (Cambridge, 2007) [Google Books preview]
- A. H. Sommerstein, Greek Drama and Dramatists (London, 2002) [Google Books preview] [review by Berman in BMCR]
- P. Arnott, Introduction to Greek Theatre (London, 1959) [Google Books preview]
- E. Csapo and W. J. Slater, The Context of Ancient Drama (Ann Arbor, 1994) [Google Books preview] [review by Scodel in BMCR]
- A. W. Pickard-Cambridge, The Dramatic Festivals of Athens, 2nd ed. revised [with new supplement] (Oxford, 1988)
- M. Bieber, The History of the Greek and Roman Theater (Princeton, 1961) [Archive.org]
- M. Cartwright, “Ancient Greek Theatre,” Ancient History Encyclopedia (2016)
- M. Cartwright, “Greek Theatre Architecture,” Ancient History Encyclopedia (2016)
- M. Damen, Classical Drama and Society, website for CLAS / HIST 3160 at Utah State University
- W. Englert, “Ancient Greek Theater,” web page for HUM110 Tech at Reed College
- City Dionysia: The Ancient Roots of Modern Theater, interactive website for the Kennedy Center
- “An Introduction to Greek Theatre,” a short video produced by (UK) National Theatre [YouTube] — the National Theatre’s videos relating to Greek theatre are quite good in general!
On Translations
Generally, beware of the most easily available translations online. These tend to be either out of copyright, and thus very old and not recommendable for a first acquaintance, or idiosyncratic productions for private purposes. Also, beware of repackaged / reprinted / e-book versions that do not acknowledge the translator and / or date of translation — these are likely to be out of copyright and therefore very old.
- J. M. Walton, Translating Classical Plays: Collected Papers (New York, 2016) [Google Books preview]
- J. M. Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English (Cambridge, 2006) [includes appendix with catalogue of translations] [Google Books preview] [review by Mahoney in BMCR]
- B. Sammons, “Translations of Classical Works into English,” The Classical World 94.3 (2001): 227-69, gives an unannotated catalogue apparently of books in print — meant to be “more than canonical and less than comprehensive” — based on a list by Alden Smith [unknown]
- J. Barsby (ed.), Greek and Roman Drama: Translation and Performance (Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2002) [Google Books preview]
- O. Classe (ed.), Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English, 2 vols. (London, 2000); vol. 1 [Google Books preview]; vol. 2 [Google Books — no preview]
Modern Performance
Newer Scholarship
- D. T. Steiner, Choral Constructions in Greek Culture: The Idea of the Chorus in the Poetry, Art and Social Practices of the Archaic and Early Classical Period (Cambridge, 2021) [Review by Anderson in BMCR]
- L. C. M. M. Jackson, The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE: Presence and Representation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020) [Review by Hanink in BMCR]