Greek Tragedy in Action (2nd Ed.)
Auteur : Taplin Oliver
Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including Aeschylus' agamemnon and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The details of theatrical techniques and stage directions, used by playwrights to highlight key moments, are drawn out and related to the meaning of each play as a whole. With extensive translated quotations, the essential unity of action and speech in Greek tragedy is demonstrated.
Now firmly established as a classic text, Greek Tragedy in Action is even more relevant today, when performances of Greek tragedies and plays inspired by them have had such an extraordinary revival around the world.
Date de parution : 07-2015
13.8x21.6 cm
Date de parution : 09-2002
Ouvrage de 232 p.
21.9x27.6 cm
Thèmes de Greek Tragedy in Action :
Mots-clés :
Greek Tragedy; choral; Follow; song; Ajax; lyric; Holding; dialogue; Creon; visual; Tiresias; dimension; Young Man; tragedians; Helenus; sophocles; Priestess; euripides; Achilles; theatre; Choral Song; Lyric Dialogue; Face To Face; Vendetta; Pythia; Machinery; Human Suffering; Greek Tragic Theatre; Deception Speech; Choral Ode; Inclining; Violate; Explicit Stage Directions; Stage Business; Trousers