The Faber Pocket Guide to Greek and Roman Drama

by John Burgess

This refreshingly accessible guide contains synopses and detailed commentary on 40 plays by all the major dramatists - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence and Seneca - and advice about the best translations. The addition of playwright biographies, together with a survey of the ancient theatre and its social and political background, make this an indispensable resource for the theatregoer, student and general reader.

Genres: Nonfiction, Classics

416 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2005

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[Ivy-Mabel Fling · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent introduction to many of the better known Greek and Roman plays. I read it alongside the plays themselves and found it extremely helpful in terms of background information (mainly the myths) and the context in which the plays were written. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is starting to read classical drama. It deserves six stars!