Instead of capturing the act of losing something, artists like Peter Hujar and Hamad Butt show us what’s been lost.

The sense of tragedy very soon reasserts its rule over the human heart and mind ... To the Greeks, for instance, the highest type of dramatic art, that which most truly portrayed life, was ...

In the process she finds a much needed emotional outlet on the stage embodying the vengeful character of Medea in a production of Euripides’ Greek tragedy. She also seeks solace by confiding in ...

Satyr Plays: These short plays were performed between the acts of tragedies and made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters. The satyrs were mythical half-human, half-goat figures and ...