Gonda Van Steen

Theatre of the Condemned: Classical Tragedy on Greek Prison Islands

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the productions of classical tragedies staged by political prisoners of the Greek Civil War, focusing on the interpretation the detainees gave to their productions and the rationale behind specific readings. The book includes the text of an adaptation of Antigone, written by Aris Alexandrou, one of the prisoners.

Produktdetails

• Classical Presences
• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780199572885
• ISBN-10: 0199572887
• Artikelnr.: 31386780

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island
* 1: Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives
* 2: Makronisos: Island of the `Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils'
* 3: Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on
Trikeri?
* 4: The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus `Persians' on Ai
Stratis, September 1951
* 5: `Suspect Always Like the Truth': The `Antigone' of Aris Alexandrou
* 6: Alexandrou's `Antigone' (Greek text and English translation)
* Conclusion