Adapting Greek tragedy

• Titel: Adapting Greek tragedy
• Titelzusatz: contemporary contexts for ancient texts
• Mitwirkende: Liapēs, Vaios [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Sidiropoulou, Avra [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Vayos Liapis (Open University of Cyprus), Avra Sidiropoulou (Open University of Cyprus)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: x, 436 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 389-425
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15570-1
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60940-8
• Schlagwörter: (s)Antike / (s)Griechisch / (s)Drama / (s)Aufführung
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Adapting Greek tragedy. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 436 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1740945530

Abstract

"Adaptations of Greek tragedy are increasingly claiming our attention as a dynamic way of engaging with a dramatic genre that flourished in Greece some 25 centuries ago but remains as vital as ever. In this volume, fifteen leading scholars and practitioners of the theatre systematically discuss contemporary adaptations of Greek tragedy and explore the challenges and rewards involved therein. Adopting a variety of methodologies, viewpoints and approaches, the volume offers surveys of recent developments in the field, engages with challenging theoretical issues, and shows how adapting Greek tragedy can throw new light on a range of contemporary issues - from our relation to the classical past and our shifting perceptions of ethnic and cultural identities to the place, function and market-value of Greek drama in today's cultural industries. The volume will be welcomed by students and scholars in Classics, Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies, as well as by theatre practitioners"--