Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. Built between A.D. 10 and 25, the Roman arch is ...
It was the most extraordinary moment of all: an entire Roman theatre. The old tunnels still provide the only access to the ancient theatre, hidden from the modern world. Due to its fragile state ...
But repertory theatre in the modern sense did not arise ... Greek tragedy had arisen in the moral environment of the ancient polis with its strong sense of individual responsibility and agency ...
Historic stages in gardens and old garages, auditoriums resembling film studios, and gold-emblazoned ancient theatre halls. Culture.pl presents 10 examples of beautiful, original Polish theatre ...
The Greeks pretty much invented the theatre. Thousands of people packed the hillside arena of ancient Athens to watch plays by famous writers like Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The Greeks ...
In a recent find, archaeologists working with the Field Museum in Chicago stumbled upon what appear to be an ancient temple and theater with a possible 4,000-year history. They made the discovery ...
But musicals have been the dominant form of theater across cultures and throughout most of history, including in ancient Greece, the birthplace of theater. My research focuses on the tragedies and ...