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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... king , Ptolemy Euergetes I , and passed into the library at Alexandria to form the basis of the critical edition made by the librarian , Aristophanes of Byzantium ( ca. 257-180 B.C. ) . He also affixed prefaces , or hypotheses , telling ...
... king who attacked Greece , fits this model . He tried to bridge the Hellespont , the crossing from Asia to Greece , by boats chained together . Storms destroyed the bridge , and Xerxes had the sea whipped to punish it . He and his army ...
... king of Argos , is confronted with a dilemma : either he ac- cepts these suppliants and faces the risk of war with the sons of Aegyptus , or he turns them over to the Egyptians and offends Zeus , the guardian of sup- pliants . The ...
... king who arrives with his men just in time to save the women illustrates how right can occasionally overcome might . An altar is prominent , and probably once again there are statues of the gods . There would be entrances from the city ...
... king and queen of Mycenae , or Argos . Agamemnon gives the back- ground for Orestes ' murder of his mother , which takes place in the second play of the trilogy . The first play is by far the longest that we have of Aeschylus's ...