As Greek theater influenced Roman culture and eventually European traditions, the symbolism of the comedy and tragedy masks endured. The theater masks became synonymous with the dramatic arts ...

The piece is on 20.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 10.50" x 8.50." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of enduring TV Host Milton Berle as the Greek Masks of ...

Two Michael Hollinger plays — a comedy and a drama — will be produced this month by two different companies rehearsing on different floors of the same building in South Philadelphia. In a second-floor ...

Houston Shakespeare Festival obscures opposing masks of comedy and tragedy. By Joseph Campana Updated July 31, 2017 1:05 p.m. Meg Rodgers, center, ...

Greek statuette. Two strolling actors with comedy masks in the Louvre, Paris The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they ...

In my mind, a tragedy was something that made you cry, and a comedy was something that made you laugh — thus the laughing and crying masks. It was only later that I learned there was a little ...

Peter N. Singer, The Mockery of Madness: Laughter at and with Insanity in Attic Tragedy and Old Comedy, Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), ... Mask and Performance in Greek ...

The universal symbol for drama dates back to ancient Greece. It is the comedy-tragedy mask. If you are unclear about what that symbol looks like, picture two masks - one showing a happy face and ...

Annie Liontas, whose Greek immigrant family settled in South Jersey, is the author of "Let Me Explain You," centered on a fictional Jersey diner and the stubborn patriarch who runs it. There is a ...

The ancient Greek comedy and tragedy masks will forever be associated with theater — but COVID-fighting face masks are moving toward their final bow. That’s good news for many theatergoers ...