E262 Useful Links
Greek Drama | Medieval and Renaissance Drama | Restoration Drama
Greek Drama
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- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Homer to Alexander from Perseus, a Classics website at Tufts University.
Didaskalia site: contains many resources about ancient theater, including computer models of what the Athenian Theater of Dionysus looked like. (Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today/ Published by the University of California at Berkeley / edited by Sallie Goetsch and C. W. Marshall)
"Greek Drama" entry from from The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 1994, 2000, on Factmonster.com. © 2000 Learning Network.
Dr. Robin Mitchell-Boyask's "Greek Drama and Culture" course at Temple University. This Classics course site includes information about a number of Greek plays, including helpful study guides for Sophocles' Oedipus. There are also links to information about Greek mythology and culture.
Greek Theater resource page (links to other web sites). University of Haifa, Israel.
"Aristotle." Informative discussion of Aristotle's theories of drama from About.com. Page includes links to other pages about ancient drama.
"Aristophanes and His Comedies." The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 2. ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 7-16. (Reproduced online at TheatreHistory.com). Note the 1906 date of composition for this text. It is a bit stodgy in its description of Aristophanes' humor.
Photos from recent productions of Greek Comedies (including Ecclesiazusae and Lysistrata) from the Theatre Department of the University of Western Australia.
Renaissance Drama from its Medieval Origins to the Closing of the Theatres: Includes information about the development of English drama from its liturgical beginnings. Information about various genres of Medieval plays (Note, however, that it confuses "Miracle" with "Mystery" plays!)
Othello plot summary. A word of warning, however, about this site: it is principally designed to sell you information about Shakespeare's plays. (It is, in fact, a term papers-for-sale site.) Don't be conned into buying what's not free on this site: what you most need to know about Othello is what we've discussed in class. In other words, the exam will be designed from the professor's perspective, which is best discerned in class discussion.
A. C. Bradley (well-regarded early 20th-century literary critic) on Othello.