GREEK TRAGEDY IN ACTION by Oliver Taplin ( 9780415302517 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

GREEK TRAGEDY IN ACTION

By:

Oliver Taplin

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

041530251X

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9780415302517

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

12 September, 2002

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

222

Description:

A reissue of this seminal study which 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.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

2 line drawings and 12 b&w photographs

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Imprint:

Routledge

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