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GREEK TRAGEDIES AS PLAYS FOR PERFORMANCE
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| By: |
David Raeburn |
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Paperback |
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£38.95 |
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£35.06 |
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£3.89 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1119089891 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781119089896 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
25 November, 2016 |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Description: |
This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition. Written by a scholar who combines his academic understanding of Greek tragedy with his singular theatrical experience of producing these ancient dramas for the modern stageDiscusses the masters of the genre Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides including similarities, differences, the hybrid nature of Greek tragedy, the significance that each poet attaches to familiar myths and his distinctive approach as a dramatic artistExamines 10 plays in detail, focusing on performances by the chorus and the 3 actors, the need to captivate audiences attending a major civic and religious festival, and the importance of the lyric sections for emotional effectProvides extended dramatic analysis of important Greek tragedies at an appropriate level for introductory studentsContains a companion website, available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/raeburn, with 136 audio recordings of Greek tragedy that illustrate the beauty of the Greek language and the powerful rhythms of the songs |
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US |
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John Wiley & Sons Inc |
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Returnable |
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