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Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: Understanding the Ancient World
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Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre, a revised edition of Greek
Tragic Theatre (1992), is intended for those interested in how
Greek tragedy works. By analysing the way the plays were performed
in fifth-century Athens, Rush Rehm encourages classicists, actors,
and directors to approach Greek tragedy by considering its original
context. Emphasizing the political nature of tragedy as a theatre
of, by, and for the polis, Rehm characterizes Athens as a
performance culture, one in which the theatre stood alongside other
public forums as a place to confront matters of import and moment.
In treating the various social, religious and practical aspects of
tragic production, he shows how these elements promoted a vision of
the theatre as integral to the life of the city - a theatre whose
focus was on the audience. The second half of the book examines
four exemplary plays, Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy, Sophocles'
Oedipus Tyrannus, and Euripides' Suppliant Women and Ion. Without
ignoring the scholarly tradition, Rehm focuses on how each tragedy
unfolds in performance, generating different relationships between
the characters (and chorus) on stage and the audience in the
theatre.
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