The first general history of Greek Theatre from the Hellenistic period until the establishment of the modern Greek state in 1830 represents a radical distancing from traditional methods of historiography.

We tend to believe that history unfolds as a linear sequence in an evolutionary form; however, the history of Greek theatre is somewhat different. After the classical traditional theatre completed its cycle around the sixth and seventh centuries, no traditional drama was written or performed on stage throughout the then Greek-speaking world for a long time, mainly due to the hostile stance of the Orthodox Church towards spectacles.

Meanwhile, with the revival of theatre in Renaissance Italy, Greek theatre made a comeback in Venetian-ruled Crete in the late sixteenth century. The years that followed saw the restoration of theatre in various regions, although this period is characterized by countless gaps and inconsistencies in terms of geography, stylistics, thematic approaches, and ideologies.

These diverse developments are only "smoothed out" with the establishment of the Greek National State.

Translation, Text editing: Dimitrios Stamatīs