James Armstrong, Playwright

One of the great tragedies of the ancient Greek theatre is Prometheus Bound , which has generally been attributed to the playwright Aeschyl...

It's that time of year when people put together their lists of the best plays they've seen over the past 12 months. I've decided...

Peter Hacks set his 1971 play Omphale in a remote, mythic time, but the piece examined gender roles in ways that must have hit very close t...

Friedrich Durrenmatt's play Hercules and the Augean Stables started out as a radio play in 1954, was later staged by several amateur gr...

Other than Bertolt Brecht, how many East German playwrights can you name? Okay, yes, there's Heiner Muller, but who else? I've b...

The Birth of Athenian Drama Though theatre historians regularly talk about "Greek drama," all of the extent plays from ancie...

I just saw Aquila Theatre's production of Herakles at BAM. The production features video footage of actual combat veterans telling thei...