Classical theatre books
Classical theatre books to start from. Open one to see books like it, or tell BookSense what you loved for four picks made for you.
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Persians.
AeschylusThe oldest surviving Greek tragedy, set at the Persian court after the defeat at Salamis.
Lysistrata
AristophanesAthenian women withhold sex to force the men to end a war, a comic fantasy about politics.
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- Frogs
FrogsAristophanes - Bacchae
BacchaeEuripides - Dyskolos
DyskolosMenander - Poetics
PoeticsAristotle - Medea
MedeaSeneca the Younger - The Trackers of OxyrhynchusThe Trackers of OxyrhynchusTony Harrison
- Antigonick
AntigonickAnne Carson - Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare1597 - Classical tragedy, Greek and Roman
Classical tragedy, Greek and RomanRobert Willoughby Corrigan1990 - Thunderstorm
ThunderstormYu Cao1964 - A handbook of classical drama
A handbook of classical dramaPhilip Whaley Harsh1944 - The origins of theater in ancient Greece and beyond
The origins of theater in ancient Greece and beyondEric Csapo2007