Rush Rehm

Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre is intended for those interested in how Greek tragedy works. Emphasizing the political nature of tragedy as a theatre of, by, and for the polis, Rehm characterizes Athens as a performance culture, one in which the theatre stood alongside other public forums as a place to confront matters of import and moment. In treating the various social, religious and practical aspects of tragic production, he shows how these elements promoted a vision of the theatre as integral to the life of the city - a theatre whose focus was on the audience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317606833
• Artikelnr.: 45474591

Autorenporträt

Rush Rehm is Professor of Classics and Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University, USA. He is also a freelance actor and director, and Artistic Director of Stanford Repertory Theater.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on translations and editions
A list of plates
Part I The social and theatrical background
1 The Performance Culture of Athens
2 The Festival Context
3 Production as Participation
4 The Theatre Of Dionysus
5 Conventions of Production
Part II Exemplary Plays
6 Aeschylus' Oresteia Trilogy
7 Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus
8 Euripides' Suppliant Women
9 Euripides' Ion
Select bibliography
Index

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CONTENTS





Preface



Acknowledgements

A note on translations and editions



A list of plates

Part I The social and theatrical background

1 The Performance Culture of Athens

2 The Festival Context

3 Production as Participation

4 The Theatre Of Dionysus

5 Conventions of Production

Part II Exemplary Plays

6 Aeschylus' Oresteia Trilogy

7 Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus

8 Euripides' Suppliant Women

9 Euripides' Ion



Select bibliography



Index

Rezensionen

"As a classicist and theater director, Rehm (Stanford) is well suited to offer an insightful analysis of Greek tragedy that emphasizes aspects of performance. In this second edition of Greek Tragic Theatre (CH, Mar'93, 30-3724), the author offers limited changes: though the notes have been thoroughly updated, the sections and chapter titles are identical in both editions."

- S. E. Goins, McNeese State University