Drama Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/drama/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:19:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Drama Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/drama/ 32 32 B-Sides: Menander’s “Dyskolos” https://www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-menanders-dyskolos/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:46 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=59027 The arc of any romantic comedy remains incomplete until the misanthrope is brought into the fold of society.

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]]> Payback: Korean Revenge Dramas Will Do It for You https://www.publicbooks.org/payback-korean-revenge-dramas-will-do-it-for-you/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:00:10 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=55028 South Korean media excels at the revenge plot. Here are seven shows you can stream right now to get your fix.

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]]> Sanctuary Cities and Sanctuary Theater https://www.publicbooks.org/sanctuary-cities-and-sanctuary-theater/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:00:49 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=49036 Even in Shakespeare’s era, theaters literally shielded people from the state. Today’s theaters might talk sanctuary, but rarely practice it.

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]]> Nuclear Noir https://www.publicbooks.org/nuclear-noir/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:00:48 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=45542 At its core, noir is a feeling: realizing one’s own helplessness, when faced with the vast networks of power that control everyday life.

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]]> Alison Carey and Amrita Ramanan on Theater and Climate Change https://www.publicbooks.org/alison-carey-and-amrita-ramanan-on-theater-and-climate-change/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:12 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=34526 "Greenturgy" orients a theatrical production toward the play's environment. And every play has one.

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]]> Helen of West Hollywood https://www.publicbooks.org/helen-of-west-hollywood/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:00:38 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=34124 It hardly seems necessary to offer a spoiler alert for news that is well over two millennia old. But some news is so surprising, so contrary to everything we thought we knew, that time can do little ...

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]]> “Euphoric” Heroes https://www.publicbooks.org/euphoric-heroes/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:00:57 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=30939 “I know your generation relied on flowers and fathers’ permission,” says Rue, the protagonist of HBO’s Euphoria, “but it’s 2019, and unless you’re Amish, nudes are the currency of love, so stop shaming ...

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]]> Passion and Presence: Maria Irene Fornes, 1930–2018 https://www.publicbooks.org/passion-and-presence-maria-irene-fornes-1930-2018/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:00:17 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=25101 In 1999, in an interview I conducted with Maria Irene Fornes on the eve of a ...

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]]> We Like Short Shorts https://www.publicbooks.org/we-like-short-shorts/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:00:02 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=20153 We seem to be in an age in which short forms have risen from minor to major cultural commodities. On November 30, 2017, word went out on the internet that Vine, a defunct video-sharing platform, might come back from the dead. The news made a lot of people very excited. Ever since Vine discontinued uploads […]

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]]> 11 TV Shows Professors Are Watching This Summer https://www.publicbooks.org/11-tv-shows-colleagues-watching-summer/ Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:59:54 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=14108 The academic year has wound to a definitive close, the Handmaid’s Tale hype has died down, and those of the professorial persuasion now have less than two blissful months remaining ...

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