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unusual facts about Greek theatre



Derrick de Kerckhove

De Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history of stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in collaboration with Francesco Monico.

Public Pressure

Recorded = 16 October & 24 October 1979 at The Venue, London (tracks 1-4)
2 August - 4 August 1979 at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (track 5)
6 November 1979 at the Bottom Line, New York City (tracks 6-8)
19 December 1979 at the Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano

Restoration comedy

They stole freely from the contemporary French and Spanish stage, from English Jacobean and Caroline plays, and even from Greek and Roman classical comedies, and combined the looted plotlines in adventurous ways.


see also

Oxford Playhouse

The Greek theatre director Minos Volanakis was an associate director at the theatre; his productions included Jean Genet's The Maids (1963–4) and The Balcony (1967), and Jean Giraudoux's Madwoman of Chaillot.