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Sources and Further ReadingPhilip Rowe2021-08-20T11:39:30+01:00

Source & reference materials

The Poetics by Aristotle

Seven Ages of the Theatre by Richard Southern, Faber and Faber, London, 1962

Theatre: A Concise History (4th Edition), Thames and Hudson, London, 2012

Illus. Guide to Staging Greek, Roman & Medieval Theatre by Mary Woollard, J Garnet Miller, Malvern, 1999

Masks and the Origin of Greek Drama by Frank Byron Jevons

Greek Drama by Moses Hades

Book of Illustrations: Ancient Tragedy by Richard G Moulton

A Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama by Kenneth Mcleish, Methuin Drama, 2003

Stage by Stage Vol 1: The Birth of Theatre by Philip Freund, Peter Owen Ltd, London, 2003

Images of the Greek Theatre by Richard Green & Eric Handley

A Pocket Guide to Greek & Roman Theatre by John Burgess, Faber & Faber, London 2005

The Roman Theatre and it’s audience by Richard C Beecham, 1995,

Roman Theatre: Texts and Contexts by Timothy J Moore, 2012,

Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy Ed by Martin T Dinter

Stage by Stage Vol 2: Oriental Theatre by Philip Freund, Peter Owen Ltd, London, 2003

Stage by Stage Vol 3: Dramatis Personae by Philip Freund, Peter Owen Ltd, London, 2003

Stage by Stage Vol 4: Laughter and Grandeur by Philip Freund, Peter Owen Ltd, London, 2003

The Medieval Theatre by Glyn Wickham, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1974

Christian Rite & Drama in the Middle Ages by O B Harrison Jr, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1965

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Theatre Ed Richard Beadle, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994

The Medieval Theatre In The Round by Richard Southern, Faber and Faber, London, 1957

Suggested Further Reading and Fun Stuff

A personal selection of theatre and history related fiction and other stuff that you might enjoy. They are all books I have read (or listened to) and enjoyed and are in no particular order:

Morality Play by Barry Unsworth

Company of Liars by Karen Maitland, Penguin Books Ltd, London 2008

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press, London, 2020

The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlow by Charles Nicholl, Penguin Books, London

Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire by Bettany Hughes

The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan

Peter Hall’s Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle

The World of Christopher Marlowe by David Riggs

The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl

The Soul of the Age: A Biography of the mind of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate

Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel

1066: Plague, War and Hellfire by Rebecca Rideal

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