From the grand stages of ancient Greece to the bustling theaters of today, the iconic comedy and drama masks have long symbolized the dual nature of theatrical storytelling. Whether you’re a Broadway ...

“Some believe this lamp depicts Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry in ancient Rome, but it may be a theatrical mask,” said van Kampen, according to Asriran. During the Roman period (50 BCE-400 CE), ...

This approach is still present in schools such as Dell'Arte International. Lecoq saw commedia as "the childhood of theater", ...

Under a third-century a.d. Roman fortress near the village of Ilısu in southeastern Turkey, archaeologist Erkan Atay and his team from the Mardin Museum recently uncovered two theater masks of a type ...