Section 1: The Origins of Western Theatre
Chapter 1: Theatre and History, Some Definitions
Chapter 2: The Origins of Theatre and Drama
Chapter 3: The Early Greek World
Chapter 4: The Origins of Greek Theatre, Part 1 | Reading 1: Bacchylides, The Theseus Dithyramb
Chapter 4: The Origins of Greek Theatre, Part 2
Section 2: Classical Greek Tragedy and Theatre
Chapter 5: The Classical Age of Greece
Chapter 6: Greek Classical Theatre
Chapter 7: Classical Greek Tragedy, Part 1: Aeschylus
Chapter 7: Classical Greek Tragedy, Part 2: Sophocles
Chapter 7: Classical Greek Tragedy, Part 3: Euripides | Reading 2: Euripides, Bacchae
Section 3: Ancient Greek Comedy
Chapter 8: Satyr Plays and Old Comedy before Aristophanes | Reading 3: Satyr Play (Euripides' Cyclops)
Chapter 9: Aristophanes | Reading 4: Aristophanes' Frogs
Chapter 10: Later Greek Comedy | Reading 5: Menander's The Arbitrants
Chapter 11: Greek Mime | Reading 6: The Oxyrhynchus Mime ("The Adulteress")
Section 4: Roman Drama
Chapter 13: Early Roman Drama and Theatre
Chapter 14: Roman Comedy, Part 1 (Plautus) | Reading 7: Plautus, The Braggart Soldier
Chapter 14: Roman Comedy, Part 2 (Terence)
Chapter 15: Roman Tragedy | Reading 8: Seneca, Phaedra
Chapter 16: Late Classical Theatre and Drama | Reading 9: Charition