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Theater: The Lively Art, 4/e
Edwin Wilson, City University of NY
Alvin Goldfarb, Illinois State University

Greek and Roman Theater

Chapter Outline

GREEK AND ROMAN THEATER

Origins of Theater

Greece

Background: The Golden Age of Greece/Theater and Culture: Greek Theater Emerges

Timeline: Greece

Living History: "Antigone"

Greek Tragedy

Play Synopsis: "King Oedipus"

Greek Comedy/Theater Production in Greece/Dramatic Criticism in Greece: Aristotle/Later Greek Theater

Rome

Background: Rome and Its Civilization

Timeline: Rome

Theater and Culture in Rome/Popular Entertainment in Rome/Roman Comedy: Plautus and Terence

Living History: "The Menaechmi"

Roman Tragedy: Seneca/Dramatic Criticism in Rome: Horace/Theater Production in Rome/Decline of Roman Theater

Summary

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