Screen LibraryHow to stage Greek tragedy today
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 248 p.: ill. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226301273 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226301273 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226301280 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226301281 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | I545 |
| CLC: | I545.073 |
| Call Number: | I545.073/G618 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-240) and index. Space and concept -- The chorus -- The actor's role -- Tragedy and politics : what's Hecuba to him? -- Translations : finding a script -- Gods, ghosts, and Helen of Troy. "[E]xplains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles conceived their works in performance and then summarizes everything we know about how their tragedies were actually staged.... [T]ackles the six major problems facing any company performing these works today: the staging space and concept of the play; the use of the chorus; the actor's role in an unfamiliar style of performance; the place of politics in tragedy; the question of translation; and the treatment of gods, monsters, and other strange characters of the ancient world."--From publisher description. |