UID:
almafu_9959240978602883
Format:
1 online resource (175 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4725-0234-5
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1-4725-0233-7
Series Statement:
Classical inter/faces
Content:
Why should Greek tragedy matter now? This book opens a dialogue between the tragic theatre in ancient Athens and the multiple performances of the modern world. In five interconnected essays, Rush Rehm engages tragedy on its own terms, using our oldest theatre as inspiration for how we might shape the theatre of the future. 'Theatre, Artifice, Environment' explores the difference between the outdoor theatre of Athens and the artificial interiors of modern performance. 'Theatre and Fear' compares the terrors confronted in Greek tragedy with our own, seemingly distant fears (environmental destruc
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; A Note to the Reader; Introduction: Timely Thoughts; 1. Theatre, Artifice, Environment; 2. Tragedy and Fear; 3. The Fate of Agency, the Agency of Fate; 4. Tragedy and Ideology; 5. Tragedy and Time; Epilogue: Progress and Survival; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7156-2916-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
