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What are the best Ancient Greek plays?

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I've been wanting to get more and more into watching ancient Greek plays both online and hopefully in person when I get to visit Greece. Does anyone have any advice on some good intro ancient plays to watch? And may be any advice on where I can watch these online? I know that some of them may be done by English-speaking actors and some may be done by Greek speaking actors, with English subtitles. Those are my two preferences of course, as I don't speak Greek. I'm not a super big fan of watching movies, and I've always been into theatre from when I was a small child. Thanks everyone
 
I love the theater. I have never done this, but I have always wanted to watch an Ancient Play in one of the Ancient Theaters in Greece!
 
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