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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... on his return . Orestes murders his mother to avenge his father , and he is tried by the first law court . This is a civilized response to murder : reparations are made instead of killing following killing in an Aeschylus 13.
... murders him in the bath and boasts about the murder to the chorus as she displays his corpse and Cassandra's next to him . Clytemnestra says she killed him because he murdered their daughter and brought a mistress home , and because she ...
... murdered husband . The Furies are naturally enraged , and it takes Athena a long time to win them over with an offer of a shrine , gifts , and worship . They reluctantly accept and take the title of Eumenides . Women and girls from the ...
... murdered his own stepbrother , Britan- nicus , and even his own mother . Seneca's plays show his Stoic leanings . In ... murder of the children — their being sliced up for cooking and then consumed by their father - remind one of the ...
... murder but is threatened with be- ing thrown into a dungeon unless she reveals where he is . This is a good prece- dent for the brutal treatment of Electra in Strauss and Hofmannsthal's opera . Seneca's play also abounds with maxims ...