Work -> Author Flashcards
(77 cards)
Oedipus the King
Greek tragedy by Sophocles
The Oresteia Trilogy
Greek tragedies by Aeschylus
Oedipus at Colonus
Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Antigone
Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Medea
Greek tragedy by Euripides
The Clouds
Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes
The Frogs
Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes
The Birds
Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes
Lysistrata
Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes
Dyskolos, or ”The Grouch”
Greek ‘New Comedy’ by Menander
The Menaechmi
Roman ‘Bawdy’ Comedy by Plautus
Quem-Quaeritis
Liturgical drama from an unknown playwright in the Early Middle Ages
Ars Poetica
Roman Critical Analysis of Theatre Structure by Horace
Tragedies: nobility falls, ends sadly
Comedies: common person rises, ends happily
De Spectaculis
Roman Imperial Anti-Theatre Writing by Tertullian
“Actors are liars, and plays are centered around Pagan gods, so playgoing is immoral”; had a strong influence on the church
Dulcitius (The Martyrdom of the Holy Virgins Agape, Chionia, and Hirena)
Early Middle Ages Comedy by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim
Abraham & Isaac
Late Middle Ages Corpus Christi Play by the ‘Wakefield Master’
Everyman
Late Middle Ages allegorical Morality Play by an unknown playwright
The Mahabharata and The Ramayana
Indian oral epics that were the foundations of most Sanskrit Dramas
Nātyaśāstra
Indian writing by Bharata Muni that describes how Sanskrit theatre should be performed
Atsumori
Japanese Noh Drama by Zeami Motokiyo
The Divine Comedy
Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri; considered to be one of the greatest works of world literature
De Architectra
Roman writing by Vitruvius that describes structure and content of theatre
Hamlet
Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy by William Shakespeare
The Spanish Tragedy (Hieronimo is Mad Again)
Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy by Thomas Kid
