Theater on the Web

In studying theater history, it is helpful to have online resources to enhance your understanding of the relationship between theater and culture during each historical period. The following links provide more information about the Greek and Roman period discussed in this chapter.

After browsing these resources, develop a bibliography of sites that you could use if you were a scenic designer doing research for a historical replication of a production of The Menaechmi. Consider the historical context, art, architecture, analysis of the play, acting conventions, and performance spaces.

Project Perseus: Texts and Translations
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts.html)

Scholarly Greek texts with English translations, including nearly all the surviving Greek dramas.

Internet Classics Archive
(http://classics.mit.edu)

Over 400 searchable works of classical literature.

Didaskalia Ancient Theater Today
(http://didaskalia.berkeley.edu)

An electronic source for the latest developments in performance of Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music.

Classical Drama Sites
(http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/cldrama.html)

A host of links to classical drama and ancient theater sites.

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
(http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/index.html)

Images of ancient Greece and Rome, free for noncommercial downloading and use.

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