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Greek Drama and Dramatists

Book by Alan H. Sommerstein; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Greek Drama--History And Criticism, Theater--Greece--History--To 500

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...L. Webster, Illustrations of Greek Drama (1971); O.P. Taplin, Comic Angels and Other Approaches to Greek Drama through Vase-paintings...and E.W. Handley, Images of the Greek Theatre (1994); also the catalogues...
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Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994

Book by Karelisa V. Hartigan; Greenwood, 1995

Subjects:

Greek Drama (Tragedy)--Presentation, Modern, Theater--United States--History, United States--Civilization--Greek Influences

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...staging the ancient texts: The Greek fables are not our fables...understand the history of the drama it is good to have Greek tragedies staged occasionally...heritage. Not being votaries of Greek fable, however, we cannot...Sophocles Electra the faith the Greeks carried into their festival...
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Figures of Play: Greek Drama and Metafictional Poetics

Book by Gregory W. Dobrov; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Ancient, Drama--Technique, Greek Drama--History And Criticism, Performing Arts In Literature, Poetics, Theater In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...well-known denial of illusion in Greek drama. 55 For the stage action to be compelling...contrary. A crucial difference between Greek theater and modern realist drama...of both players and spectators in Greek drama that invites metatheatrical...
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Comic Angels: And Other Approaches to Greek Drama through Vase-Paintings

Book by Oliver Taplin; Claredon Press, 1994

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Greek Drama (Comedy)--Themes, Motives--Illustrations, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--Themes, Motives--Ilustrations, Theater In Art, Theater--Greece--History--Sources, Vase-Painting, Greek--Themes, Motives, Vases, Greek--Italy, Southern

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...Publication Data Comic angels: and other approaches to Greek drama through vase-paintings / Oliver Taplin. Includes...bibliographical references and index . 1. Vase-painting, Greek-Themes, motives. 2. Greek drama Comedy -Illustrations. 3. Greek drama...
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Tales from the Greek Drama

Book by H. R. Jolliffe; Bolchazy-Carducci, 1998

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Greek Drama--Adaptations, Mythology, Greek--Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...AUTHORS PP,?FAC? The ancient drama was a fusion of all the arts...The conven- tions of the Greek drama would obscure the story...mob which demands action. The Greek drama offers all these and more...supposed to do. The student of Greek gets a great deal more from...

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Journal Articles on: greek drama

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Oedipus, Shmedipus: Ancient Greek Drama on the Modern Yiddish Stage

Journal article by Debra Caplan; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010

Subjects:

Classical theater--Analysis, Dramatists--Works, Gordin, Jacob--Works, Greek drama--Influence, Greek drama--Religious aspects, Jewish culture--Influence, Jewish culture--Religious aspects, Medea (Jeffers, Robinson) (Play)--Analysis, Peretz, Isaac Leib--Works, Playwrights--Works, Venus and Shulamis (Play)--Analysis, Yiddish theater--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...Yiddish playwrights Judaized Greek drama in a sweeping attempt to...the traditional Jewish-Greek binary dominant in nineteenth...century Jewish culture. Greek culture could no longer...dramatic world in which the Greeks are nearly monotheistic...
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J. Michael Walton. Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English

Journal article by David Kutzko; Comparative Drama, Vol. 41, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...scholars of Classics, English, drama, and translation studies...theory of translation of Greek drama into English, and the manner...the translation of classical drama and the history of how Greek...what translation meant to the Greeks and Romans, Walton examines...early practitioners who caused Greek tragedy to thrive in English...
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Michael Vickers. Sophocles and Alcibiades: Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature

Journal article by Rush Rehm; Comparative Drama, Vol. 43, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Sophocles and Alcibiades: Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Alcibiades never occurs in extant Greek tragedy, Vickers employs a strange...discover that "many innovations in Greek drama can be ultimately laid at the door...conclusion. To justify his search in Greek tragedy for hidden meanings and obscure...
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Michael X. Zelenak. Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy

Journal article by Mary Kay Gamel; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001

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Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy (Book)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Zelenak. Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy by Mary Kay Gamel...mist that continues to keep Greek plays distant from most readers and enthusiasts of drama and theatre" (1). Since...or now, or both. In The Greek Sense of Theatre (1996...
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Greek Drama in the First Six Decades of the Twentieth Century: Tradition, Identity, Migration

Journal article by Amanda Wrigley; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...of staging Greek drama in ancient theater...emergence in Greece of drama festivals in ancient...the performance of Greek texts come face...audibly responsive Greeks as well as tourists...productions of Greek drama by non-Greek...with nondramatic Greek texts are becoming...reception of ancient drama and poetry in colonial...Antigone, and Dramas of the African Diaspora...

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Magazine Articles on: greek drama

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Greek Odyssey. Simon Goldhill Explains How He Came to Be Hooked on Greek Tragedy at an Early Age-And Has Stayed Hooked

Magazine article by Simon Goodhill; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

Subjects:

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation, Greek tragedy--Appreciation, Theater--Appreciation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...versions of tragedy, Noh drama versions of tragedy...contemporary theatre, ancient Greek tragedy is the new black...of bourgeois sit-com drama. This sudden explosion of Greek tragedy is one of the...My book How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today is the...
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It's Still Greek to College Kids

Magazine article by Mary Lefkowitz; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, March 2, 1998

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Greek literature--Translations and translating

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Its still Greek to college kids by Mary Lefkowitz Translators have attempted to recast Greek classics into language that students readily...Sophocles and Euripides in The Complete Greek Drama series, edited by David Grene and Richmond...
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Democracy, According to the Greeks

Magazine article by Mary Beard; New Statesman, Vol. 139, October 11, 2010

Subjects:

Democracy--Greece, Democracy--Portrayals, Drama--Political aspects, Plays--Political aspects, Politics--Portrayals

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...Democracy, According to the Greeks. by Mary Beard In ancient...hand. Art, literature and drama blended easily with Athenian...first prize at the Athenian drama festival, Sophocles served...stage. In the modern world, Greek drama has been performed in aid of...
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In Medea Res: An Ancient Greek Femme Fatale Is the American Theatre's Passion of the Moment

Magazine article by Celia Wren; American Theatre, Vol. 19, April 2002

Subjects:

Characters and characteristics in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Villains in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...more than other figures in the Greek canon, Fisher asserts, in...Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, the book delves into such...viewed as a "barbarian" by the Greeks, despite the fact that, in...fall season take pot shots at Greek-myth cliches while relating...
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Ancient Greek Tales for Today

Magazine article by Irene Waters; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, June 2001

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Gods, Greek--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greece--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greeks--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Theater--History

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...performance beyond ritual and into drama. Classical Greek theatre developed from festivals...about directing; in contrast to Greek theatre, the playwright need be...regarded this as a challenge. Greek playwrights had none of these problems...

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Newspaper Articles on: greek drama

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Eerie Brecon Beacons Setting Adds Drama to an Enthralling Ancient Greek Play; REVIEW: The Persians - National Theatre Wales at Sennybridge Military Range

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 14, 2010

Subjects:

Drama, Military bases, Plays

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Brecon Beacons Setting Adds Drama to an Enthralling Ancient Greek Play; REVIEW: The Persians...above. Perfect weather for a Greek tragedy. Its not very often...found a more apt place for his drama for National Theatre Wales...about a war raging between the Greeks and The Persians, as with...
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Classic Greek Drama with a U.S. Accent; Theatre

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 12, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Classic Greek Drama with a U.S. Accent; Theatre. Byline...Latterday Plays (Trafalgar Studios) Verdict: Greek tragedy in modern America FOUR good young...American vignettes which are echoes of ancient Greek drama. The three stories told by playwright...
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Greek Drama Should Come as a Warning to UK

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 12, 2010

Subjects:

Euro (Currency), Financial markets

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Greek Drama Should Come as a Warning to UK. Byline...the potential for weak puns like that ("Greek tragedy", "Acropolis now", etc...be wrong to think that this is a purely Greek problem, in the same way that Lehman Brothers...
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Greek Drama

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), July 21, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Greek Drama. FOUR performances of Its All Greek to Me kick off at Chopwell Community Centre in Gateshead this weekend. The Zip Productions show, performed by Chopwell Drama Club, is on Saturday and Sunday, at 3pm, and on Monday and...
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GREEK DRAMA IS JOYLESS; but Hoops Getting Better as Sheppard Nearly Edges Them towards First Point

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 21, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GREEK DRAMA IS JOYLESS; but Hoops Getting Better as...celebration. This was the kind of start that the Greeks had expected. Yet, there were flashes...PAOKs Vierinha (left) hit back for the Greek side after Rovers stunned the hosts by...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: greek drama

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Chorus , in Greek Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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CHORUS , in Greek drama in the drama of ancient Greece. Originally the chorus seems to have arisen from...disappeared altogether. The chorus had ceased to play a vital part in the drama; Euripides assigned to it lyrics not necessarily integrated with...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the newly discovered Greek and Roman plays. Little...been known of classical drama during the Middle Ages...of-age of American drama. Brecht wrote dramas of ideas, usually promulgating...Gassner, Masters of the Drama (3d ed. 1954); M. Bieber, The History of Greek and Roman Theatre (2d...
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Greek Literature, Ancient

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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GREEK LITERATURE, ANCIENT the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized as the birthplace of Western...of Ceos , and Bacchylides . The Classical Period Greek drama evolved from the song and dance in the ceremonies...
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Greek Literature, Modern

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sought to encourage a revival of Greek letters. The revolutionary...revival that awakened a modern Greek literature. The Language Debate...reformed classical style. The Greeks had been completely cut off...language in 1976, demotic Greek won increasing acceptance in...at Delphi of classic Greek drama in the vernacular. The Twentieth...
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Greek Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GREEK MUSIC the music of the ancient...inhabitants of Greece. Ancient Greek Music The music of ancient Greece...choral music was used in the drama, for which Pindar developed...Euripides . Finally, ancient Greek music lost its vitality and...

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