The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas is the first
edited collection to discuss the performance of Greek drama across
the continents and archipelagos of the Americas from the beginning
of the nineteenth century to the present. The study and
interpretation of the classics have never been restricted by
geographical or linguistic boundaries but, in the case of the
Americas, long colonial histories have often imposed such
boundaries arbitrarily. This volume tracks networks across
continents and oceans and uncovers the ways in which the shared
histories and practices in the performance arts in the Americas
have routinely defied national boundaries. With contributions from
classicists, Latin American specialists, theatre and performance
theorists, and historians, the Handbook also includes interviews
with key writers, including Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Charles
Mee, and Anne Carson, and leading theatre directors such as Peter
Sellars, Carey Perloff, Hector Daniel-Levy, and Heron Coelho. This
richly illustrated volume seeks to define the complex contours of
the reception of Greek drama in the Americas, and to articulate how
these different engagements - at local, national, or
trans-continental levels, as well as across borders - have been
distinct both from each other, and from those of Europe and Asia.
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