The Living Art of Greek TragedyIndiana University Press, 2003 M07 18 - 240 páginas Marianne McDonald brings together her training as a scholar of classical Greek with her vast experience in theatre and drama to help students of the classics and of theatre learn about the living performance tradition of Greek tragedy. The Living Art of Greek Tragedy is indispensable for anyone interested in performing Greek drama, and McDonald's engaging descriptions offer the necessary background to all those who desire to know more about the ancient world. With a chapter on each of the three major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), McDonald provides a balance of textual analysis, practical knowledge of the theatre, and an experienced look at the difficulties and accomplishments of theatrical performances. She shows how ancient Greek tragedy, long a part of the standard repertoire of theatre companies throughout the world, remains fresh and alive for contemporary audiences. |
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... characters . Yet another approach updates the play to make the contemporary allusions obvious ( e.g. , putting Creon in a Nazi uniform when Anouilh's Antigone is staged or setting my translation of Eu- ripides ' Trojan Women in Vietnam ) ...
... characters in each of his three single plays . Euripides probably did not write connected trilogies either , but instead of em- phasizing one heroic character , as Sophocles did , he usually divided his em- phasis and created a more ...
... characters , or some exchange with a chorus . Sometimes the dialogue took the form of one - line interchanges . At other times an actor burst out into an impassioned lyric aria . Sometimes there was a formal lament , usually sung by an ...
... characters come from mythology . In the Deipnosophistae ( Sophists at Dinner ) by Athenaeus , Aeschylus is quoted as saying " My trage- dies are large slices from the great Homeric feasts " 8 The Living Art of Greek Tragedy.
... characters entirely of the author's own making was Antheus by Agathon , toward the end of the fifth century . Tragedies rarely dealt with historical subjects . Alone of the three great tra- gedians , Aeschylus deals with a historical ...