Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-4725-9153-1 (ISBN)
The volume Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy is divided in three sections: the first section - Global Perspectives - considers the work of a range of major directors from around the world who have provided new readings of Greek Tragedy: Peter Sellars and Athol Fugard in the US, Katie Mitchell in the UK, Theodoros Terzopoulos in Greece and Tadashi Suzuki and Yukio Ninagawa in Japan. Their work on a wide range of plays is analysed, including Electra, Oedipus the King, The Persians, Iphigenia at Aulis, and Ajax.
Parts Two and Three – Directing as Dialogue with the Community and Directorial Re-Visions - focus on a range of productions of key plays from the repertoire, including Prometheus Landscape II, Les Atrides, The Trojan Women, The Bacchae, Antigone and The Suppliants, among others. In each, the varying approaches of different directors are analysed, together with a detailed investigation of the mise-en-scene. In considering each stage production, the authors raise issues of authenticity, contemporary resonances, translation, directorial control/auteurship and adaptation.
George Rodosthenous is Associate Professor in Theatre Directing at the School of Performance and Cultural Industries of the University of Leeds, UK. He is the Artistic Director of the theatre company 'Altitude North' and also works as a freelance director/composer for the theatre.
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Acknowledgements
Contributors
INTRODUCTION: THE CONTEMPORARY DIRECTOR IN GREEK TRAGEDY - George Rodosthenous
PART ONE:
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
1 American Directorial Perspectives: Independence Day Meets Greek Tragedy – Marianne McDonald (University of California, San Diego, USA)
2 Greek Contemporary Approaches to Tragedy: Terzopoulos’ revisions of Aeschylus – Avra Sidiropoulou (Open University of Cyprus)
3 British Auteurship and the Greeks: Katie Mitchell – Andrew Haydon (freelance theatre critic)
4 Tadashi Suzuki and Yukio Ninagawa: Reinventing the Greek Classics, Reinventing the Japanese Identity after Hiroshima - Penelope Chatzidimitriou (University of London, UK)
PART TWO
DIRECTING AS DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY
5 Directing Greek Tragedy As A Ritual: Mystagogy, Religion And Ecstasy - Magdalena Zira (freelance theatre director)
6 La MaMa's Trojan Women: 40 years of suffering rhythms from Edinburgh to Guatemala – Adam Strickson (University of Leeds, UK)
7 Theater of War: Ancient Greek Drama as a Forum for Modern Military Dialogue – Sophie Klein (Boston University, USA)
PART THREE
DIRECTORIAL RE-VISIONS
8 Jan Fabre’s Prometheus Landscape II: [De]territorialisation of the tragic and transgressive acts of arson - Demetris Zavros (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
9 The Bacchae on Stage: Dionysus the Destroyer of Traditions – George Sampatakakis (University of Patras, Greece)
10 Ariane Mnouchkine’s Les Atrides: Uncovering a Classic – Dominic Glynn (Institute of Modern Languages Research, UK)
11 Re-imagining Antigone: Contemporary Resonances in the Directorial Revisioning of Character, Chorus and Staging – Sue Hamstead (University of Leeds, UK)
EXODUS: in search of a contemporary catharsis - George Rodosthenous
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.01.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4725-9153-4 / 1472591534 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4725-9153-1 / 9781472591531 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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