As a teacher of English drama both at the undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels, I have sincerely felt that for a proper understanding of the English Drama, a good student must needs have a fair acquaintance with the Greek drama which is the basis of the western drama as a whole. And Greek drama means Greek tragedy and Greek comedy, taken together as a unit. So a student of the English drama is well-advised to get acquainted with at least one Greek tragedy ...
