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Look for specific information about genre, structure, and character development on these sites.

Greek Drama
A brief description of greek drama, including greek tragedy.
http://www.krucli.com/greek_drama_notes.htm

Brief discussion Greek Drama, including tragedy.
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/tragedy.htm

Overview of the basic principles of tragedy.
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Tragedy.htm

Comedy
Information about slapstick and modern film performers.
http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Romantic-Comedy-Yugoslavia/Slapstick-Comedy-BACKGROUND.html

Information about Tartuffe.
http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/tartuffe001.html

The text of the Greek comedy The Clouds by Aristophanes
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristophanes/clouds.html

Exploration of playwrights as directors.
International consortium of theatre professionals who believe that playwrights must direct the first production of their plays to fully realize their vision.
Browse this site and discuss: Do you think a playwright must direct their plays in order to realize their vision? Would Aristotle agree with this consortium's view? Use specific examples from The Poetics to support your argument.
http://unitedstage.com

Richard Toscan of Virginia Commonwealth University posts online seminars about playwriting.
http://www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/seminar.html





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