The comedy and tragedy masks, often referred to as the theater faces or the faces of drama, are a pair of masks that represent the two main genres of theater.

The universal symbol for drama dates back to ancient Greece. It is the comedy-tragedy mask. If you are unclear about what that symbol looks like, picture two masks - one showing a happy face and ...

The masks were sculpted over Hawke’s life mask in clay and then a mold was made. “But we’re doing all of this during COVID, so it was a whole new process compared to how we’ve done stuff ...

Mike Lee as Feste, in this scene from "Twelfth Night," which is part of the Houston Shakespeare Festival performed at Miller Outdoor Theatre. (For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, July 30, 2017) ...

In tragedy, for instance, a relatively bland mask can make it easier to associate oneself with the performance. In comedy, though, the effect is more immediately alienating, more confrontationally ...

Two Michael Hollinger plays — a comedy and a drama — will be produced this month by two different companies rehearsing on different floors of the same building in South Philadelphia. In a second-floor ...