What I love about ancient dramas is the thrill they pack without fake suspense.

The women enter into the tale, acting as the chorus, and the ancient drama begins.

Both were based on, or inspired by, ancient Greek dramas.

But, like the protagonist of the ancient drama, he has a flaw or weakness.

The main play is organized in the five-act structure of ancient Roman drama.

But as in an ancient Greek drama, we, the audience, know that the ultimate outcome will be grim.

On the modern stage, we almost see the repetition of many an ancient drama.

One of the most pathetic scenes in the ancient drama is that in which Sophocles%!

At its foot, a skull seems to have been offered or rejected in an ancient drama of birth and death.

None that we know of, at any rate - ancient Greek drama having come down to us in a terribly fragmented state.