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Antigone
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Medea
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Prometheus Bound
ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
Electra
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
The Bacchae
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Oresteia
The Oresteia () is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).
Seven against Thebes
ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
The Frogs
comedy by Aristophanes
Philoctetes
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
The Trojan Women
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
The Birds
comedy by Aristophanes
Ajax
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Iphigenia in Aulis
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Alcestis
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Phèdre
Phèdre (; originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Electra
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Hippolytus
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Trachiniae
ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles
Iphigenia in Tauris
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Andromache
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Orestes
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
The Phoenician Women
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Suppliants
ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
The Suppliants
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Hecuba
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Plutus
comedy by Aristophanes
Helen
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Ion
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Herakles
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Herakles' Children
ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Dyskolos
Dyskolos (, , translated as The Grouch, The Misanthrope, The Curmudgeon, The Bad-tempered Man or Old Cantankerous) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole New Comedy, that has survived in nearly complete form. It was first presented at the Lenaian festival in Athens in 316 BCE, where it won Menander the first prize.
Amphitryon
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
Rhesus
Athenian tragedy attributed to Euripides
Phaedra
tragedy by Seneca
Amphitryon
comedy play by Molière
Troades
tragedy by Seneca
Oedipus
tragedy by Seneca
Medea
tragedy by Seneca
Hercules Furens
tragedy by Seneca
Phoenissae
tragedy by Seneca
Agamemnon
tragedy by Seneca
Dido, Queen of Carthage
play by Marlowe
Thyestes
tragedy by Seneca the Younger
Oedipus
tragedy by Voltaire
Hercules Oetaeus
tragedy by Seneca
Psyché
tragicomédie-ballet by Molière and Lully
Amphitryon 38
1929 play written by Jean Giraudoux
Hojang Taret
classical Meitei language Greek tragedy
Bellerophon
fragmentary tragedy by Euripides
Penthesilea
tragedy by Heinrich von Kleist
Andromeda
play by Euripides
Hypsipyle
tragedy by Euripides
Archelaus
tragedy by Euripides
Il pastor fido
play by Giovanni Battista Guarini
Alcmaeon in Psophis
tragedy by Euripides
Phaedra's Love
play by Sarah Kane
Slavic Orpheus
a play by Zoran Stefanović
Antigone
lost tragedy by Euripides