Classical drama reading list

Arnott, Peter D., Public Performance in the Greek Theatre, London,  Routledge, 1989

Beacham, Richard C., The Roman Theatre and Its Audience, London, Routledge, 1991

Boyle, A.J., An Introduction to Roman Tragedy, London: Routledge, 2006

Easterling, P.E., ed., The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Green, Richard, and Eric Handley, Images of the Greek Theatre, London: British Museum Press, 1995

Hall, Edith, The Theatrical Cast of Athens: Interactions Between Ancient Greek Drama & Society, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006

McGlew, James F., Citizens on Stage: Comedy and Political Culture in the Athenian Democracy, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2002

Rehm, Rush, Greek Tragic Theatre, London, Routledge, 1992

Rehm, Rush, The Play of Space: Spatial Transformation in Greek Tragedy, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, c2002

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