Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre, a revised edition of Greek Tragic Theatre (1992), is intended for those interested i
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English Pages 186 [187] Year 2016
Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on translations and editions
Part I The social and theatrical background
1 The performance culture of Athens
2 The festival context
3 Production as participation
4 The theatre of Dionysus
5 Conventions of production
Part II Exemplary Plays
6 Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy
7 Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus
8 Euripides’ Suppliant Women
9 Euripides’ Ion
Select bibliography
Index