"God from the machine, the way they'd end the old Greek plays."
The Greek Play has been a college tradition since 1909.
The other characteristic is the relatively short length of most Greek plays.
"Isn't this a Greek play - a father turning on his sons?"
In theatre, some classical Greek plays appear to support something like the modern individual.
This type of comedy has been a fixture ever since Greek plays.
It was the beginning of modern western theatre, and some ancient Greek plays are still performed today.
There aren't any Greek plays about people having lunch.
She turned on the radio and listened to a Greek play which she did not understand but liked.
It sounded on the wireless like a very plain translation of a Greek play.