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Culture & the Arts
Component 21: Greek Theatre
> General Resources
> Images
> Quizzes
> Further Reading
Component 22: Imperial Image
> General Resources
> Quizzes
> Further Reading
Component 23: Invention of the Barbarian
> General Resources
> Quizzes
> Further Reading
Component 24: Greek Art
> General Resources
> Images
> Quizzes
> Further Reading
The resources below are useful for many different areas of the component and have not been assigned to specific topics.
Aristotle’s Poetics.
The archaeological site of Thorikos has been excavated by the Belgian School at Athens. Find out more about their work here.
This website from St Andrew's University seeks to promote the study of Greek drama in schools.
Attending the Theatre in Athens (Open University)
Greek Theatre (National Theatre)
A series of YouTube videos.
Aristophanes' Frogs (Cambridge Greek Plays)
A modern performance of the play in Greek, but with subtitles available.
Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth (BBC Documentary)
A three-part documentary series exploring the ancient theatre:
Part 1: Democrats
Part 2: Kings
Part 3: Romans
A blog and set of short videos about bringing drama to the Classical Civilisation classroom.
BBC Radio 4 In Our Time programmes that are of interest for our period:
Comedy in Ancient Greek Theatre
Others
Simon Armitage on Greek Tragedy (BBC Radio 4 Start the Week)