Introduction / Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton
'Telling the tale' : a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime / Mark Griffith
Ancient theatre and performance culture / Richard P. Martin
Religion and drama / Fritz Graf
The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy / Jon Hesk
Aristotle's Poetics and ancient dramatic theory / David Wiles
Politics and Aristophanes : watchword 'caution!' / Gonda Van Steen
Comedy and society from Menander to Terence / Sander Goldberg
Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy / Hugh Denard
Art and theatre in the ancient world / Richard Green
Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome / Rush Rehm
Playing places : the temporary and the permanent / Richard Beacham
Chorus and dance in the ancient world / Yana Zarifi
Masks in Greek and Roman theatre / Gregory McCart
A material world : costume, properties and scenic effects / Graham Ley
Commodity : asking the wrong questions / J. Michael Walton
The dramatic legacy of myth : Oedipus in opera, radio, television and film / Marianne McDonald
Playwrights and plays
Glossary of Greek and Latin words and terms.
The Cambridge companion to Greek and Roman theatre. ISBN 9780521542340. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.