Who were writers of tragedy?

Answer 1

Thespis is considered the first tragic dramatist as well as the first actor in Western/European tradition. Following him were Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Agathon, in ancient Greece; Seneca in Rome; Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare in Elizabethan England; Racine in Neoclassical France, Anton Chekhov in late 19th / early 20th Century Russia, and Eugene O'Neill in 20th Century America. Sometimes Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Bertolt Brecht, and Samuel Beckett are added to the list.

Answer 2

Everyone knows that Shakespeare wrote many tragedies but he was not the first. Aeschylus is said to be the "Father of Tragedy". Euripides was another Greek writer of tragedies.

Answer 3

The only Roman tragic dramatist whose works are still studied is Seneca.

Answer 4

Roman Tragedy was a style of writing in Romans times. Livius Andronicus was one of the first of these writers in about 240 BC.

Answer 5

Ancient Greece. Especially with Sophocles' Oedipus.

Answer 6

The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus is known as the father of tragedy.

Answer 7

Some famous ancient Greek writers of tragedy include Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. In the modern era, notable tragedians include William Shakespeare, Jean Racine, and Arthur Miller.

Answer 8

Aeschylus, but became known as the father of tragedy not because of his plays but for the nature of his demise.