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Author : Graham Ley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Ancient Greek and Contemporary Performance written by Graham Ley and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Professor Graham Ley
Publisher : Royal College of General Practitioners
ISBN 13 : 0859899640
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (598 download)
Download or read book Ancient Greek and Contemporary Performance written by Professor Graham Ley and published by Royal College of General Practitioners. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of published and unpublished essays connects antiquity with the present by debating the current prohibiting conceptions of performance theory and the insistence on a limited version of ‘the contemporary’. The theatre is attractive for its history and also for its lively present. These essays explore aspects of historical performance in ancient Greece, and link thoughts on its significance to wider reflections on cultural theory from around the world and performance in the contemporary postmodern era, concluding with ideas on the new theatre of the diaspora. Each section of the book includes a short introduction; the essays and shorter interventions take various forms, but all are concerned with theatre, with practical aspects of theatre and theoretical dimensions of its study. The subjects range from ancient Greece to the present day, and include speculations on the origin of ancient tragic acting, the kinds of festival performance in ancient Athens, how performance is reflected in the tragic scripts, the significance of the presence of the chorus, technology and the ancient theatre, comparative thinking on Greek, Indian and Japanese theory, a critique of the rhetoric of performance theory and of postmodernism, reflections on modernism and theatre, and on the importance of adaptation to theatre, studies of the theatre and diaspora in Britain.
Author : David Wiles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316284190
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Greek Theatre Performance written by David Wiles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Theatre was a ceremony bound up with fundamental activities in ancient Athenian life and Wiles explores those elements which created the theatre of the time. Actors rather than writers are the book's main concern and Wiles examines how the actor used the resources of story-telling, dance, mask, song and visual action to create a large-scale event that would shape the life of the citizen community. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient world, and is written to answer the questions of those who want to know how the plays were performed, what they meant in their original social context, what they might mean in a modern performance and what can be learned from and achieved by performances of Greek plays today.
Author : Marianne McDonald
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231516082
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Ancient Sun, Modern Light written by Marianne McDonald and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1991-12-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Sun, Modern Light
Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0715638262
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Theorising Performance written by Edith Hall and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constitutes the first analysis of the modern performance of ancient Greek drama from a theoretical perspective.
Author : Graham Ley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022615467X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater written by Graham Ley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary productions on stage and film, and the development of theater studies, continue to draw new audiences to ancient Greek drama. With observations on all aspects of performance, this volume fills their need for a clear, concise account of what is known about the original conditions of such productions in the age of Pericles. Reexamining the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, Graham Ley here discusses acting technique, scenery, the power and range of the chorus, the use of theatrical space, and parody in their plays. In addition to photos of scenes from Greek vases that document theatrical performance, this new edition includes notes on ancient mime and puppetry and how to read Greek playtexts as scripts, as well as an updated bibliography. An ideal companion to The Complete Greek Tragedies, also published by the University of Chicago Press, Ley’s work is a concise and informative introduction to one of the great periods of world drama. "Anyone faced with Athenian tragedy or comedy for the first time, in or out of the classroom, would do well to start with A Short Introduction to Ancient Greek Theater."—Didaskalia
Author : George Harrison
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004245456
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre written by George Harrison and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on insights from various disciplines (philology, archaeology, art) as well as from performance and reception studies, this volume shows how a heightened awareness of performance can enhance our appreciation of Greek and Roman theatre.
Author : Vayos Liapis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107155703
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Adapting Greek Tragedy written by Vayos Liapis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how contemporary adaptations, on the stage and on the page, can breathe new life into Greek tragedy.
Author : J. R. Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134968809
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Theatre in Ancient Greek Society written by J. R. Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy. This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472519787
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Theorising Performance written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting collection constitutes the first analysis of the modern performance of ancient Greek drama from a theoretical perspective. The last three decades have seen a remarkable revival of the performance of ancient Greek drama; some ancient plays - "Sophocles", "Oedipus", "Euripides", and "Medea" - have established a distinguished place in the international performance repertoire, and attracted eminent directors including Peter Stein, Ariane Mnouchkine, Peter Sellars, and Katie Mitchell. Staging texts first written two and a half thousand years ago, for all-male, ritualised, outdoor performance in masks in front of a pagan audience, raises quite different intellectual questions from staging any other canonical drama, including Shakespeare. But the discussion of this development in modern performance has until now received scant theoretical analysis. This book provides the solution in the form of a lively interdisciplinary dialogue, inspired by a conference held at the Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama (APGRD) in Oxford, between sixteen experts in Classics, Drama, Music, Cultural History and the world of professional theatre.The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Classics and Drama alike.
Author : Melinda Powers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191083143
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage written by Melinda Powers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its long history of performance and reception, Greek drama has been interpreted and adapted in ever-changing ways to share in the preoccupations and tensions of particular historical moments. Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage explores this tradition by investigating a cross section of theatrical productions that have reimagined Greek tragedy in order to address social and political concerns in the US. Studying performance and its role in creating social, historical, and cultural identities, this volume draws on cutting-edge research to move discussion away from the interpretation of dramatic texts in isolation from their performance contexts and towards an analysis of the dynamic experience of live theatre. The study focuses particularly on the ability of engaged performances to pose critical challenges to the long-standing stereotypes and political policies that have contributed to the misrepresentation and marginalization of underrepresented communities. However, in the process it also uncovers the ways in which such performances can inadvertently reinforce the very stereotypes they aim to challenge, demonstrating that ancient drama can be a powerful, yet dangerous tool in the search for justice.
Author : Helene G. Markstein
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848885326
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Inhabiting the Meta Visual: Contemporary Performance Themes written by Helene G. Markstein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication outlines the understanding of scenographic practice as a combination of numerous theatre-practices that collaborate and include: architecture, lighting, costume, make-up, sound, settings and stage properties, movement, as well as audience participation.
Author : Adam R. Shapiro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022602959X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Trying Biology written by Adam R. Shapiro and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Trying Biology, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial occurred at a crucial moment in the history of biology textbook publishing, education reform in Tennessee, and progressive school reform across the country. He places the trial in this broad context—alongside American Protestant antievolution sentiment—and in doing so sheds new light on the trial and the historical relationship of science and religion in America. For the first time we see how religious objections to evolution became a prevailing concern to the American textbook industry even before the Scopes trial began. Shapiro explores both the development of biology textbooks leading up to the trial and the ways in which the textbook industry created new books and presented them as “responses” to the trial. Today, the controversy continues over textbook warning labels, making Shapiro’s study—particularly as it plays out in one of America’s most famous trials—an original contribution to a timely discussion.
Author : Melinda Powers
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609382579
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Athenian Tragedy in Performance written by Melinda Powers and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foregrounding critical questions about the tension between the study of drama as literature versus the study of performance, Melinda Powers investigates the methodological problems that arise in some of the latest research on ancient Greek theatre. She examines key issues and debates about the fifth-century theatrical space, audience, chorus, performance style, costuming, properties, gesture, and mask, but instead of presenting a new argument on these topics, Powers aims to understand her subject better by exploring the shared historical problems that all scholars confront as they interpret and explain Athenian tragedy. A case study of Euripides’s Bacchae, which provides more information about performance than any other extant tragedy, demonstrates possible methods for reconstructing the play’s historical performance and also the inevitable challenges inherent in that task, from the limited sources and the difficulty of interpreting visual material, to the risks of conflating actor with character and extrapolating backward from contemporary theatrical experience. As an inquiry into the study of theatre and performance, an introduction to historical writing, a reference for further reading, and a clarification of several general misconceptions about Athenian tragedy and its performance, this historiographical analysis will be useful to specialists, practitioners, and students alike.
Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199651639
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Tragedy's Endurance written by Erika Fischer-Lichte and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores performances of Greek tragedies in Germany since 1800 as responses to particular political, social and cultural milestones, shedding light on how, in a constantly changing political and cultural climate, they influenced the evolving cultural identity of the educated middle class over that period
Author : Karelisa V. Hartigan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1849667721
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Performance and Cure written by Karelisa V. Hartigan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating addition to the Classical Inter/faces series, Karelisa V. Hartigan suggests that drama was regularly performed in the theatres built within or adjacent to the ancient sanctuaries of Asklepios. She argues that a pageant which showed the enactment of the god healing prompted the dream therapy the patient experienced at the sanctuary. Patients who viewed this drama were ready to receive the nightly ministrations of the deity, his attendants and his animals while they slept in the dormitory at the Asklepieion. To support her thesis, Hartigan discusses the mind-body relationship in the healing process, a relationship the medical profession is beginning to recognize. She concludes by presenting first-hand material based on her experience doing Playback Theatre for patients at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. In performing improvisational scenes at bedside or in a community space, she has witnessed how the mini-dramas lift the patients' spirits and offer them hope for a successful outcome to their illness.
Author : David Wiles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521865220
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy written by David Wiles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-09 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances.
