Marianne McDonald brings together her training as a scholar of classical Greek with her vast experience in theatre and drama to help students of the classics and of theatre learn about the living performance tradition of Greek tragedy. The Living Art of Greek Tragedy is indispensable for anyone interested in performing Greek drama, and McDonald's engaging descriptions offer the necessary background to all those who desire to know more about the ancient world. With a chapter on each of the three major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), McDonald provides a balance of...
Marianne McDonald brings together her training as a scholar of classical Greek with her vast experience in theatre and drama to help students of th...
Opera has often used classical literature as a means of expressing the most vital concerns of the period in which the operas were written. "Sing Sorrow" explores the classical roots of many noted operas, illustrating the ways in which the operas reflected the political concerns of their time through these ancient narratives. In particular, though female opera characters are often regarded as victims, they are actually quite heroic, frequently shaping their own destinies.
Each chapter provides background and historical context, examines the relationship between the opera and the original...
Opera has often used classical literature as a means of expressing the most vital concerns of the period in which the operas were written. "Sing So...
New essays on ancient Greek classics from Ireland's greatest living dramatists and academics
That so many Irish playwrights should return to the Greek classics can not really be a surprise. Drama in Ireland is still a means of exploring the issues of family and state; of gender, class and race; of the oppressors and the oppressed. It is political in the broad sense in which the Greeks understood the word, involving everyone - immediate but concentrated through parallel and parable.
This collection of provocative essays reveals how some of the great Irish poets and dramatists,...
New essays on ancient Greek classics from Ireland's greatest living dramatists and academics
That so many Irish playwrights should return to ...
Six Greek Tragedies, a single-volume edition of the major Greek tragedies
In a period of sixty-six years, three Athenian playwrights produced a series of tragedies which became a touchstone for drama for the next two and a half thousand years. The six plays in this volume include Aeschylus' Persians (472 BC), the earliest surviving Greek tragedy and only surviving 'history' play; his Prometheus Bound, perhaps the most deeply mythological of all tragedies, presenting an archetype of the human condition; Sophocles' Women of Trachis, a deeply poignant piece, portraying Heracles'...
Six Greek Tragedies, a single-volume edition of the major Greek tragedies
In a period of sixty-six years, three Athenian playwrights p...
This series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world. Beginning with the earliest examples of 'dramatic' presentation in the epic cycles and reaching through to the latter days of the Roman Empire and beyond, this 2007 Companion covers many aspects of these broad presentational societies. Dramatic performances that are text-based form only one part of cultures where presentation is a major element of all social and political life. Individual chapters range across a two thousand year timescale,...
This series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman worl...
Andromache takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, bearing him a child, Molossus. The captive Andromache is haunted by memories of her former life and by her love for Hector and their son Astyanax, both slain by the Greeks who are now her masters.
Andromache takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, bearing him a ch...
Covers three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists. This title presents a play-by-play introduction, key dates and a guide to pronunciation.
Covers three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists. This title presents a play-by-play introduction, key...
Aeschylus' famed tragedies 'Agamemnon', 'The Libation Bearers' and 'The Eumenides' comprise 'The Oresteia', which uses the story of a family curse and a long history of murder and revenge to raise haunting questions about the nature and the price of justice.
Aeschylus' famed tragedies 'Agamemnon', 'The Libation Bearers' and 'The Eumenides' comprise 'The Oresteia', which uses the story of a family curse and...
