Well it’s not very often you hear me referring to Greek drama. My main connection was being involved in productions of Aristophanes’ plays when I was at university. Yes, yes, I pranced about the stage in some kind of draped confection that bore no resemblance to any known historical wardrobe. As above. Why were we wearing tinsel halos I wonder? And I think this must have been a rehearsal as everyone has their hair down, not up, I’m wearing specs and I always went myopic for actual performances. And thank the Goddess I’m being right royally upstaged and I cant’t actually see the costume on me.

Enough of that. Back to now. So why am I thinking about Greek drama…? Well a lot of the ways we think about writing can be traced back to Greek traditions. And today I’ve been thinking about The Chorus.

So here’s how I know…