A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• List of Illustrations
• Notes on Contributors
• Note on Nomenclature and Spelling
• Introduction
• The Reception of Greek Tragedy from 500 to 323 BC
• Greek Comedy and its Reception, c. 500–323 BC
• Greek Drama in the Hellenistic World
• Greek Comedy at Rome
• Roman Tragedy
• Ancient Drama in the Medieval World
• The Reception of Ancient Drama in Renaissance Italy
• Ancient Drama in the French Renaissance and up to Louis XIV
• The Reception of Greek Drama in Early Modern England
• Greece: A History of Turns, Traditions, and Transformations
• The History of Ancient Drama in Modern Italy
• The Reception of Greek Theater in France since 1700
• Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• The Reception of Greek Drama in Belgium and the Netherlands
• The Reception of Greek Drama in England from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century
• Conquering England: Ireland and Greek Tragedy
• The Reception of Greek Drama in the Czech Republic
• Antigone, Medea, and Civilization and Barbarism in Spanish American History
• Greek Drama in the Arab World
• The Reception of Greek Tragedy in Japan
• Greek Drama in North America
• Greek Drama in Australia
• The Reception of Greek Drama in Africa: “A Tradition That Intends to Be Established”
• Greek Drama in Opera
• Filmed Tragedy