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Euripides: Electra (Paperback)
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Euripides: Electra (Paperback)
Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
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This new introduction to Euripides' fascinating interpretation of
the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes its
theatricality, showing how captivating the play remains to this
day. Electra poses many challenges for those drawn to Greek tragedy
- students, scholars, actors, directors, stage designers, readers
and audiences. Rush Rehm addresses the most important questions
about the play: its shift in tone between tragedy and humour; why
Euripides arranged the plot as he did; issues of class and gender;
the credibility of the gods and heroes, and the power of the myths
that keep their stories alive. A series of concise and engaging
chapters explore the functions of the characters and chorus, and
how their roles change over the course of the play; the language
and imagery that affects the audience's response to the events on
stage; the themes at work in the tragedy, and how Euripides forges
them into a coherent theatrical experience; the later reception of
the play, and how an array of writers, directors and filmmakers
have interpreted the original. Euripides' Electra has much to say
to us in our contemporary world. This thorough, richly informed
introduction challenges our understanding of what Greek tragedy was
and what it can offer modern theatre, perhaps its most valuable
legacy.
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