How to stage Greek tragedy today / Simon Goldhill.

Author/creator Goldhill, Simon
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description248 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Subjects
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Greek drama--Modern presentation.

Contents 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.
Abstract "[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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-240) and index.
LCCN 2007018626
ISBN9780226301273 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226301273 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226301280 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226301281 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PA3238 .G65 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold