Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Dr C J Mackie. Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. Two lectures and a tutorial a week, or equivalent. Students on completion of the subject should have acquired an understanding of the social and architectural environments in which ancient drama was performed; have acquired an appreciation and understanding of ancient dramatic works, and have a historical perspective of the development and transformation of the theatre in antiquity. The buildings, tragic and comic texts, and theatrical traditions of Greece and Rome. 3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent). Aeschylus Oresteia Penguin Sophocles The Theban Plays Penguin Euripides Alcestis and Other Plays Penguin Plautus The Pot of Gold and Other Plays Penguin