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Ancient Drama

Ancient Greek theatre in Taormina, Italy by CHMunro Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Ancient Greek theatre in Taormina, Italy by CH Munro used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

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Ruth Nightengale as Hecuba and Lindsay Kitt Wiebe as Andromache  Trojan Women 2010 Season

Hecuba Wails
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Terracotta tragic mask, representing a female character with arched brows; Roman, 1st – 2nd century AD.

 Terracotta tragic mask, representing a female character with arched brows; Roman, 1st – 2nd century AD.
British Museum 

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