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• Dancing and Play-Acting - An examination of the role of dance in the development of primitive drama.
• Egyptian "Passion" Plays - A brief description of the world's earliest report of dramatic activity which took place on the banks of the Nile.
• Origin of Chinese Drama - An analysis of the development of Chinese drama.
• Origin of Comedy - An examination of the development of Greek comedy from the Phallic processions of the Greeks.
• The Origin of the Hindu Drama - An examination of the mythical and historical origins of the Hindu drama.
• The Origin of Tragedy: Introduction - A discussion of the history of dramatic literature, debunking previous theories that have centered their attention on the rise of Greek Drama.
• The Origins of Tragedy - Exploration of the evolution of the Greek tragic drama from ancient Dionysian festivals.
• Ridgeway's Theory of the Origin of Tragedy - Treatise suggesting that Theatre evolved not from the Dionysian festivals, but rather from ancient worship of the dead.
• Solar Myths, Tree Spirits, and Totems - An examination of the importance of solar myths, tree spirits, and totemism in the development of tragic drama.