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Books on: greek play

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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

...and the Mise en Abyme Surface Play and the Mise en Abyme Studies...and varied. Each "figure of play" outlined here, in practice...in the context of individual plays and scenes. 2 The term "surface play" applies to moments in which...great globe," for example, or Greek play, with the term , "face...
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Three Greek Plays: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, the Trojan Women

Book by Edith Hamilton, Aeschylus, Euripides; W.W. Norton, 1937

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English Drama--Translations From Greek, Greek Drama--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...APOLOGIA A LARGE PART OF a Greek tragedy consists of poems written...of the 1,673 lines of the play, 900 are dialogue, the rest...The performers, whom the Greeks called the chorus-- the primary meaning of the word in Greek means dance--were not on...foot measure, felt by the Greeks, according to Aristotle...
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Four Famous Greek Plays
Includes: Agamemnon; Oedipus the King; Medea; The Frogs

Book by Paul Landis; Modern Library, 1929

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Drama

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...importance until in the last plays of Euripides and Aristophanes...secondary, but the real Greek drama could not exist...strangeness remains. The Greek play was written in poetry...and, finally, the Greek play was built about a chorus...With this knowledge the plays may be more effective...
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Poetic Drama: An Anthology of Plays in Verse from the Ancient Greek to the Modern American
Includes: Agamemnon; Oedipus Coloneus; Ion; The Acharnians; The Chalk Circle; Nakamitsu; Adam; Abraham, Melchisedec, and Isaac; The Second Shepherds' Play; Everyman; The Wandering Scholar from Paradise; Tamburlaine the Great, Part I; Measure for Measure; Volpone or The Fox; A New Way to Pay Old Debts; The White Devil; The Sheep Well; Cinna; Athaliah; The Misanthrope; Torquato Tasso; The Death of Wallenstein; The Cenci; The White Saviour; The Last Night of Don Juan; The King's Threshold; Gruach; The Dog beneath the Skin; The Death of Eve; Aria da Capo; Hole in the Wall; The Fall of the City; Shenandoah

Book by Alfred Kreymborg; Modern Age Books, 1941

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Drama--Collections

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...his dramas as well. Under his influence the characters in a play contrary to Greek tradition moved forward and the chorus receded. Nonetheless...its tones to the general tone of the composition. From the plays he has left behind we may conclude that this genial master...
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Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy

Book by Michael X. Zelenak; Peter Lang Publishing, 1998

Subjects:

Gender Identity In Literature, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--Greece, Political Plays, Greek--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Greece, Sex Role In Literature, Women And Literature--Greece

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...parts are one of the legacies of Greek tragedy. Arguably, the greatest...argues that female characters in Greek tragedy were needed to play the central role of the "radical...drama onstage. Rather, they play the role of catalysts, agents...

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Journal Articles on: greek play

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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

...began writing Yiddish plays of a different sort...their distance from the Greek theatrical canon. Several...aspiring writers to avoid Greek themes. Naphtali Herz...ancient gods that the Greeks and Romans referred to...ultimately triumph. Gordins play thus transposes the ancient Greek drama onto an explicitly...behavior of the powerful Greeks who surround her, and...
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Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries, and the Tautegorical Symbol

Journal article by Nicholas Halmi; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Religious aspects, Greek mythology--Influence, Prometheus Bound (Play)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...a single line of Aeschyluss play and consisted largely of assertions...frequent use of un-translated Greek and Latin, and casual assumption...familiarity with the Bible, Greek mythology, and ancient mystery...summarizes his conviction that the Greek mystery cults, guided by divine...monotheism and thereby protected the Greeks from the worst effects of their...
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Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun

Journal article by Nina Mjagkij; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 75, 2009

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Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun (Essay collection)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the...Begun. by Nina Mjagkij Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the...seek to demonstrate that black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs) continue to play an important role in improving...
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Narrative Performances: A Study of Modern Greek Storytelling

Journal article by Walter Puchner; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 60, 2001

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Books--Reviews, Narrative Performances: A Study of Modern Greek Storytelling (Book)--Reviews

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...some cases. For written texts Greek letters are used, instead...this studys stories are native Greek speakers, either Athenians...stories are arguably stories from Greeks who would probably identify...mentioned), the number three plays an extremely important role...and "anyway," in English) play a very important role in Greek as do rhetorical questions...
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J. Michael Walton. Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English

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

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

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...in understanding the ancient plays themselves and why they were...as the time of the original play. The second will cover specific...comedy, and the variety of plays which claim to be "versions...drama and the history of how Greek tragedy was first translated...what translation meant to the Greeks and Romans, Walton examines...early practitioners who caused Greek tragedy to thrive in English...

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Magazine Articles on: greek play

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A Greek God in New York: Kyle Hall Plays Several Classical Deities in Broadway's Hit Production of Ovid's Metamorphoses, but He Was Creating Divine Theater Long before That

Magazine article by Erik Meers; The Advocate, April 16, 2002

Subjects:

Actors--Behavior, Gays--Behavior, Hall, Kyle--Behavior

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A Greek God in New York: Kyle Hall Plays Several Classical Deities in Broadways Hit Production...its always been a part of me," says Hall, who plays Poseidon and Hermes, among other Greek deities, in the new Broadway smash Metamorphoses...
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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

...drama. This sudden explosion of Greek tragedy is one of the most striking...stage. My book How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today is the result...how to stage any particular play: that would be a useless bar...anyone involved in producing a Greek tragedy will read before getting...book that anyone who goes to plays and thinks about theatre will...
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The Greek Idea of Disease, Madness, and Art

Magazine article by Jeffrey Meyers; World and I, Vol. 14, January 1999

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Artists--Diseases, Diseases--Portrayals, Greeks--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...THE DISEASED HERO Sophocles play Philoctetes is a tragic allegory...Trojan War, was familiar to Greek audiences. Philoctetes was...powerful magic bow. He joined the Greek expedition against Troy, but...the death of Achilles, the Greeks learned from prophecies that...persistent, ruthless spirit of the Greek war against Troy. Sophocles...
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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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...Edward. Bartons play cycle is not merely...of other classical Greek plays. It draws on these...and presentation of Greek theatre, which is...all societies, the Greeks had myths to explain...old stories of Greek gods and their interaction...the following eight plays. We hear of Leda...required but each play focuses on one character...
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A Big Fat Greek Smash Hit

Magazine article by Wes D. Gehring; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 131, January 2003

Subjects:

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Motion picture)

Collections: Entire Library

...finally puts his obsession with Greek word origins to good use...you." Populism also helps "Greek Wedding" avoid what Wilson...However, populism does not always play well with critics, who often...23, 2002, New Yorker), "Greek Wedding" has generated more...

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Newspaper Articles on: greek play

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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

...Drama to an Enthralling Ancient Greek Play; REVIEW: The Persians - National...above. Perfect weather for a Greek tragedy. Its not very often...version of Europes oldest stage play at the hush-hush Ministry...about a war raging between the Greeks and The Persians, as with the...
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aeOedipusAE Complex aeWalkaboutAE Format Gives Classic Greek Play a Fresh Look

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 19, 2009

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

aeOedipusAE Complex aeWalkaboutAE Format Gives Classic Greek Play a Fresh Look. Byline: Georgia Garvey ggarvey@dailyherald...adventurous, itAEs a new way to watch a very old tale. In the play, the king of Thebes, Oedipus (Tony Aiello), seeks...
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aeOedipusAE Complex aeWalkaboutAE Format Gives Classic Greek Play a Fresh Look

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 20, 2009

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aeOedipusAE Complex aeWalkaboutAE Format Gives Classic Greek Play a Fresh Look. Byline: Georgia Garvey ggarvey@dailyherald...adventurous, itAEs a new way to watch a very old tale. In the play, the king of Thebes, Oedipus (Tony Aiello), seeks...
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Area Houses Go Greek for Play Season

Newspaper article by Jayne M. Blanchard; The Washington Times, September 8, 2001

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

Area houses go Greek for play season by Jayne M. Blanchard...togas. Classic Greek plays and works inspired by...staging "The Oedipus Plays" (starring Avery Brooks...Festival of New American Plays in 2000 (apparently...bound Prometheus. The play, adapted by angel...
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The Battle for the Truth of Troy; Love and War, Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom, a Face to Launch 1,000 Ships - This Summer's Blockbuster Has the Lot. but Just How Far Did Troy's Original Scriptwriter - Greek Poet Homer - Play with the Facts? TV Historian MICHAEL WOOD Unearths a Gripping Story

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 8, 2004

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Schliemann, Heinrich

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

...Troys Original Scriptwriter - Greek Poet Homer - Play with the Facts? TV Historian...which the good doctor gave the Greeks the idea for the wooden horse...that opens out from a single Greek galley to an ocean covered...or the spectacle of 50,000 Greeks storming the Trojan trenches...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: greek play

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Ypsilanti , Greek Family

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...time it helped stimulate the Greek rebellion in the Peloponnesus...marked the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. Alexanders...Ypsilanti, 1793 1832, was to play a prominent role in that war...and helped the insurgent Greeks in the capture (1821) of...1828 was made commander of the Greek forces in E Greece. His differences...
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Chorus , in Greek Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

CHORUS , in Greek drama in the drama of ancient Greece. Originally the chorus seems to have...tragic chorus having disappeared altogether. The chorus had ceased to play a vital part in the drama; Euripides assigned to it lyrics not necessarily...
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Euripides

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...or 485 406 b.c., Greek tragic dramatist, ranking...He wrote perhaps 92 plays (the first produced...There are 19 of his plays extant (including one...complete extant Greek satyr play; Alcestis (438...430?), a patriotic play inspired by the Peloponnesian...Sophocles, and what his plays may lack in grandeur...
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Satire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...among the classical satirists was the Greek dramatist Aristophanes, whose play The Clouds (423 b.c.) satirizes Socrates...librettos of William S. Gilbert, in the plays of Oscar Wilde and G. B. Shaw, and...The so-called put-on, whether a play (Samuel Becketts Breath, in which breathing...
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Pratinas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

PRATINAS prat in s, fl. c.500 b.c., Greek dithyrambic poet of Phlius, said to have introduced the satyr play into Athens. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...

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