Black Medea - Adaptations for Modern Plays (Hardcover)

Euripides' Medea is one of the most popular Greek tragedies in the contemporary theatre. Numerous modern adaptations see the play as painting a picture of the struggle of the powerless under the powerful, of women against men, of foreigners versus natives. The play has been adapted into colonial and historical contexts to lend its powerful resonances to issues of current import. Black Medea is an anthology of six adaptations of the Euripidean tragedy by contemporary American playwrights that present Medea as a woman of color, combined with interviews, analytical essays and introductions which frame the original and adaptations. Placing six adaptations side by side and interviewing the playwrights in order to gain their insights into their work allows the reader to see how an ancient Greek tragedy has been used by contemporary American artists to frame and understand African American history. Of the six plays present in the volume, three have never before been published and one of the others has been out of print for almost thirty years. Thus the volume makes available to students, scholars and artists a significant body of dramatic work not currently available. Black Medea is an important book for scholars, students, artists and libraries in African American studies, classics, theatre and performance studies, women and gender Studies, adaptation theory and literature. Theatre companies, universities, community theatres, and other producing organizations will also be interested in the volume.

General

Imprint:	Cambria Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cambria Studies in Contemporary Global Performing Arts
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	December 2013
Editors:	Kevin J. Wetmore
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-1-60497-865-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Promotions
LSN:	1-60497-865-1
Barcode:	9781604978650

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