Home›Dramatic Genres›Defining Trait›Performance TraditionBrowse ByPerformance TraditionFactsPerformance TraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested500 BCE 1Performance TraditionFilter Results37 entriesGenre FamilyAllBroad Dramatic Modes and Popular Stage Forms (2)Comic Drama Forms (3)Folk and Regional Theatre Traditions (31)Spanish Golden Age Theatre (1)GroupAllBroad Dramatic Modes and Popular Stage Forms (2)Comic Drama Forms (3)Folk and Regional Theatre Traditions (31)Spanish Golden Age Theatre (1)Place of OriginAllChina (4)Eastern Europe (1)Europe (2)Greece (1)India (12)Indonesia (2)Iran (1)Italy (2)Japan (4)Philippines (1)Samoa (1)South Korea (1)Spain (2)Thailand (2)Turkey (1)Vietnam (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 37AitysPerformance TraditionAnkia NaatPerformance TraditionBailePerformance TraditionBalagtasanPerformance TraditionBhagavata MelaPerformance TraditionBhavaiPerformance TraditionBunrakuPerformance TraditionCheoPerformance TraditionCommedia dell'artePerformance TraditionDramaPerformance TraditionEntremésPerformance TraditionFagogoPerformance TraditionKabukiPerformance TraditionKaragoz and HacivatPerformance TraditionKathakaliPerformance TraditionKhonPerformance TraditionKoothuPerformance TraditionKrishnanattamPerformance TraditionKyogenPerformance TraditionLikayPerformance TraditionMasquePerformance TraditionNautankiPerformance TraditionNohPerformance TraditionOttan ThullalPerformance TraditionPansoriPerformance TraditionPeking OperaPerformance TraditionPurim SpielPerformance TraditionRamlilaPerformance TraditionRandaiPerformance TraditionSaangPerformance TraditionStreet TheatrePerformance TraditionTamashaPerformance TraditionTa'ziehPerformance TraditionWayangPerformance TraditionXiangshengPerformance TraditionYakshaganaPerformance TraditionZajuPerformance TraditionSources1. Tragedy (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationTragedy, lead section, ancient Greek origin sentenceQuote, Tragedy, lead section, ancient Greek origin sentenceOriginating in the theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago, where only a fraction of the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides survive, as well as many fragments from other poets, and the later Roman tragedies of Seneca.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.