Further Reading
- Arnott, Peter D., An Introduction to the Greek Theatre, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1959, 239p. (Includes sections on the origin of Greek theater, the composition and setting of plays, and the audience.)
- Cole, Susan Guettel, "Procession and Celebration at the Dionysia," in Theater and Society in the Classical World, edited by Ruth Scodel, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1993, pp. 25-38. (Concentrates on long-surviving elements of Dionysian ritual.)
- Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur, Sir, "The City Dionysia," in The Dramatic Festivals of Athens, London: Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 57-125. (Examines the great Athenian festival held in honor of Dionysus, including its organization and contests.)
- Riu, Xavier, "The Reading of Old Comedy," in Dionysism and Comedy, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999, pp. 11-48. (Proposes an ideology behind Greek comedy, focusing on the works of Aristophanes.)
- Rothfield, Tom, "A Play in Performance: Role of the Comedian Paramount," in Classical Comedy: Armoury of Laughter, Democracy's Bastion of Defence: Introducing a Law of Opposites, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc., 1999, pp. 3-41. (Discusses the interaction of play, actor, and audience in Greek comedy.)
- Simon, Erika, The Ancient Theatre, translated by C. E. Vafopoulou-Richardson, London: Methuen, 1982, 50p. (General overview of Greek theater, including sections on costumes, the satyr play, and stage painting.)
- Sutton, Dana F., Ancient Comedy: The War of the Generations, New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993, 139p. (Stresses common denominators shared by Greek comedies, with emphasis on the works of Aristophanes and Menander.)
- Winkler, John J. and Froma I. Zeitlin, editors, Nothing to Do with Dionysos?: Athenian Drama in Its Social Context, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990, 405p. (Collection includes essays on the festivals of Dionysia; the feminine in Greek theater; drama and community; and the idea of the actor.)
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