Dionysus since 69 : Greek tragedy at the dawn of the third millennium / edited by Edith Hall, Fiona Macintosh and Amanda Wrigley.

Other author Hall, Edith, 1959-
Other author Macintosh, Fiona, 1959-
Other author Wrigley, Amanda.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Descriptionxix, 480 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Dionysus (Greek deity)--Drama.
Greek drama--Modern presentation.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Theater--Production and direction.

Contents Introduction : why Greek tragedy in the late twentieth century? / Edith Hall -- Dionysus in 69 / Froma I. Zeitlin -- Bad women : gender politics in late twentieth-century performance and revision of Greek tragedy / Helene Foley -- Heracles as Dr Strangelove and GI Joe : male heroism deconstructed / Kathleen Riley -- Sophocles' Philoctetes, Seamus Heaney's, and some other recent half-rhymes / Oliver Taplin -- Aeschylus, race, class, and war in the 1990s / Edith Hall -- Greek tragedy in cinema : theatre, politics, history / vPantelis Michelakis -- Greek drama and anti-colonialism : decolonizing classics / Lorna Hardwick -- Use of masks in modern performances of Greek drama / David Wiles -- Greek notes in Samuel Beckett's theatre art / Katharine Worth -- Greek tragedy in the opera house and concert hall of the late twentieth century / Peter Brown -- Oedipus in the East End : from Freud to Berkoff / Fiona Macintosh -- Thinking about the origins of theatre in the 1970s / Erika Fischer-Lichte -- Voices we hear / Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Details of production discussed / Amanda Wrigley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004298372
ISBN0199259143
ISBN0199281319 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PA3238 .D56 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold