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full subtitle: What do Shakespeare, Ibsen and Hollywood have in common? An irredeemable debt to ancient Greek theater.
Origins: The First Act

1 posted on 11/16/2009 7:18:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 11/16/2009 7:19:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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In fact the word “drama” is borrowed directly from the Greek, along with a lot of others you might not suspect, such as “character”, “idea”, “crisis”, “zone”, “automaton” ... “automaton” ? It meant something acting by itself, which fits.


3 posted on 11/16/2009 9:56:00 PM PST by dr_lew
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4 posted on 11/17/2009 4:53:21 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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