Curated category
Drama genres
- TragedyIn the 6th century BCE, Athenian tragedy emerged as a dance-drama form during an annual state religious festival honoring Dionysus.
- TragicomedyThe Roman comic playwright Plautus coined the term tragicomoedia in Latin during the prologue to his play Amphitryon. He used the word somewhat facetiously…
- History (theatrical genre)The Persians stands as the earliest surviving work of theatre that records an entirely historical event under modern understanding.