Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914

Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914
Title Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 PDF eBook
Author Edith Hall
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 768
Release 2005-07-14
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0191541419

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This lavishly illustrated book offers the first full, interdisciplinary investigation of the historical evidence for the presence of ancient Greek tragedy in the post-Restoration British theatre, where it reached a much wider audience - including women - than had access to the original texts. Archival research has excavated substantial amounts of new material, both visual and literary, which is presented in chronological order. But the fundamental aim is to explain why Greek tragedy, which played an elite role in the curricula of largely conservative schools and universities, was magnetically attractive to political radicals, progressive theatre professionals, and to the aesthetic avant-garde. All Greek has been translated, and the book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Greek tragedy, the reception of ancient Greece and Rome, theatre history, British social history, English studies, or comparative literature.

Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre, 1660-1914

Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre, 1660-1914
Title Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre, 1660-1914 PDF eBook
Author Edith Hall
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2023
Genre Greek drama
ISBN 9781383006070

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This volume contains an investigation into the history of performances of Greek tragedy in Britain from 1660 onwards. It assembles discussions of the translations, plays, authors, and audiences, and sets them in the context of contemporary politics, society and culture.

Greek Tragedy

Greek Tragedy
Title Greek Tragedy PDF eBook
Author Edith Hall
Publisher
Pages 428
Release 2010-01-21
Genre Drama
ISBN 0199232512

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An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the dramas. A special feature is an individual essay on every one of the surviving 33 plays.

The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World

The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World
Title The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World PDF eBook
Author Fiona Macintosh
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 534
Release 2010
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0199548102

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The first systematic study of the impact of ideas about ancient Greek and Roman dance on modern theatrical and choreographic practices. With contributions from experts in a range of fields, the volume presents a wide conspectus on an under-explored but central aspect of classical reception, dance and theatre history, and the history of ideas.

A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen

A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen
Title A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen PDF eBook
Author Arthur J. Pomeroy
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 564
Release 2017-08-07
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1118741358

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A comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds. Written by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. Productions included are a mix of Hollywood and European spanning from the silent film era though modern day television series, and topics discussed include Hollywood politics in film, soundtrack and sound design, high art and low art, European art cinemas, and the ancient world as comedy. Written for students of film and television as well as those interested in studies of ancient Rome and Greece, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards Christianity, the impact of changing techniques in film production, and fascinating explorations of science fiction and technical fantasy in the ancient world on popular TV shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who.

Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind

Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
Title Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind PDF eBook
Author Edith Hall
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 295
Release 2014-06-16
Genre History
ISBN 0393244121

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"Wonderful…a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours." —Natalie Haynes, Independent The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed a single unified social or political identity. In Introducing the Ancient Greeks, acclaimed classics scholar Edith Hall offers a bold synthesis of the full 2,000 years of Hellenic history to show how the ancient Greeks were the right people, at the right time, to take up the baton of human progress. Hall portrays a uniquely rebellious, inquisitive, individualistic people whose ideas and creations continue to enthrall thinkers centuries after the Greek world was conquered by Rome. These are the Greeks as you’ve never seen them before.

Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition

Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition
Title Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition PDF eBook
Author Simon Goldhill
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 0
Release 2009-02-26
Genre History
ISBN 0521887852

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This book contains essays by international experts on Sophocles, asking why he matters, and why he is still read and performed today. His seven surviving tragedies are discussed from a variety of perspectives. A picture emerges of Sophocles' place at the foundations of the tragic tradition and in its perpetual refashioning and renewal.