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 Greek Drama

 Roman Drama
Morality Plays Miracle & Mystery Plays

 Interludes & Farces

Commedia dell 'Arte

 Elizabethan Drama

Masques

 General Drama Resources


Greek Drama

Ancient Greek Theater1
Ancient Greek Theater 2
Ancient Greek Theater 3
Ancient Theater
Introduction to Greek Stagecraft
The Origins of the Theatre, the First Form of Public Amusement
The Greek Theatre and Three Athenian Tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Greek and Roman Comedy (read the information on Greek comedy)
Greek Tragedy
Greek Comedy
Dr. J's Illustrated Greek Drama
Greek Drama
Ancient Theaters (click on the map for theater descriptions)
Ancient Dramatists (click on the authors' names)
Comic Costumes
Tragic Costumes
Greek Theatre Index (links to more Websites)

Roman Drama

Roman Theater and Drama
Introduction to Roman Stagecraft

What the Roman Play was Like
Greek and Roman Comedy (read the information on Roman comedy)
The Ignoble Position of Roman Actors
Roman Drama
Timeline of the Golden Age of Roman Drama
Classical Roman Comedy
Roman Theaters and Plays
Roman Theatre Index (links to more Websites)

Miracle & Mystery Plays and Play Cycles

Miracle Play (definition)
Mystery and Miracle Plays in English Drama
Miracle Plays and Mysteries (from the Catholic Encyclopedia)
The Mystery Plays
The Mystery Cycles
Medieval Drama
The Audience and its Expectations
Middle English Play Cycles
Notes on Medieval Drama (scroll down to the sections on Mysteries and Cycles)
Medieval Church Plays
Authorship of the English Cycles
Dramatic Development of the English Cycles
Mysteries and Pageants in England
Mystery (Cycle) Plays - online slide-show; read slides 11-14
Miracle Plays
Mystery Plays
Medieval Theater (scroll down to sections on Medieval Drama Outside the Church, Medieval Staging)

Morality Plays

The Morality Plays
Morality Plays1 (online slide-show; read slide 15 only)
Morality Plays 2
Morality Plays 3
Vice and Virtue
Moralities, Interludes and Farces of the Middle Ages
Everyman (a synopsis of the best-known of the morality plays of the Middle Ages)
The Morality Play in English Drama
What is a Morality Play?
The Staging of a Morality Play
Medieval Drama

Interludes and Farces

Moralities, Interludes and Farces of the Middle Ages
The Interlude
Interludes
John Heywood (16th century author of interludes)
Secular Interludes and Farces (online slide-show; read slide 15 only)
Interludes
The Interlude
Farce1
Farce 2
Farce 3 (scroll down to Theater Genres)
Farce 4

Commedia dell' Arte

The Renaissance and Neoclassicism in Italy
The Commedia dell' Arte

Thumbnail History of Commedia dell' Arte
La Commedia dell ' Arte
Commedia Info
Commedie dell' Arte - Italian Comedy
Commedia dell' Arte 1
Commedia dell' Arte 2
Commedia dell' Arte 3
Commedia dell' Arte 4
Commedia dell' Arte 5

Masques

Court Comedies and Masques
The Court Masque
Stuart Court Masque
The Masque
Early Masques

From Dance to Drama
Elaborate Staging
The Antimasque
Stage Designs by Inigo Jones
Costumes in the Masque
History of the Masque Genre
Examples of Masque Costumes

Elizabethan Drama

Elizabethan Theater
Shakespearean Performance
The Elizabethan Theater
Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors, and Audiences
The Public Theater
Renaissance Art & Architecture (see section on London theaters)
Shakespeare's Stage
The Parts of the Stage
Shakespeare;s Audiences
Costumes and Sets in Shakespeare's Theater
Welcome to the World of the Elizabethan Theater
FAQ's about Shakespeare's Theater
Shakespeare's Plays
Ben Jonson

 General Drama Resources

Guide to Drama
Theater History Outline
Medieval to Renaissance Drama Timeline

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