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Books on: greek theater

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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

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

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Tyrannus, the show was not done in Greek; in 1960 the Carolina Playmakers...performance in Paris and one at the Greek theater in Syracuse in the 1940s. 6 For...role in a translation into modern Greek by Ioannis Gryparis. The theater...
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Cultural Representation in Historical Resistance: Complexity and Construction in Greek Guerrilla Theater

Book by Linda Myrsiades, Kostas Myrsiades; Bucknell University Press, 1999

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Greek Drama, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism, Theater--Political Aspects--Greece--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Underground Movements--Greece

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...five, two, and eight); the Art Theater sixteen (one, nine, and six...two, and six). The National Theater found itself the target of the occupation...of such scrutiny was to control Greek theater at what was perceived to be its...
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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

...familiarity with the specifies of theater production. 39 At the forefront...the qualities that distinguish theater from other forms of representation...of the reflexive dimension in Greek drama warrants a healthy skepticism...naivete. Often ignored entirely, Greek theater appears to be the innocent...
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New Chapters in Greek Art

Book by Percy Henry Gardner; Clarendon press, 1926

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Art, Greek, Sculpture, Greek, Theaters--Greece

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...a raised stage, but I think I can show that Greek staging was simpler, more naive, more conventional...altgriechische Buhne , 1917; R. E. Flickinger, The Greek Theater , 1918; J. T. Allen , The Greek Theater , 1919; Margarete Bieber, Denkmaler...
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Greek Temples, Theatres, and Shrines

Book by Helmut Berve, Gottfried Gruben; Thames and Hudson, 1963

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Architecture, Greek, Shrines--Greece, Temples, Greek, Theaters--Greece

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Specialized: Dinsmoor p. 375 W. R. Lethaby, Greek Buildings . . . 1908 F. Krischen, Die...Priene . . . 1904 A. von Gerkan, Das Theater yon Priene. 1921 M. Schede, Die Ruinen...1907, 215 ff. A. von Gerkan, Das Theater in Priene , 101 f. 1921 SANCTUARY OF...

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Journal Articles on: greek theater

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Tradition and Change in Greek Shadow Theater

Journal article by Loring M. Danforth; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 96, 1983

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Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

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...stereotype of the common Greek" ( Zarikos 1976...voice of the modern Greek people" ( Trezou...in Greek shadow theater was increasing dramatically...while open-air theaters in large cities...Furthermore, live shadow theater performances were...competition from movie theaters and television...containing shadow theater plays were published...The reaction of Greek folklorists to the...
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Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater

Journal article by Betine Van Zyl Smit; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010

Subjects:

Afrikaans language--Translations and translating, Classical theater--Translations and translating, Dramatists--Works, Fugard, Athol--Works, Greek drama (Tragedy), Greek tragedy, Playwrights--Works, Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Play)--Translations and translating, South African drama, South African drama (English), Translators (Persons)--Works, Wassenaar, Theo--Works, du Plessis, L.J. Wicus--Works

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...Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater. by Betine Van Zyl...greatest achievements of Greek dramatic art. (1...and the professional theater was dominated by the...there were very few theaters, and only in the cities...competition to live theater productions. The centenary...doctor. His love of Greek culture and his enthusiasm...highest poetry of the Greeks into his mother tongue...
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Oedipus, Shmedipus: Ancient Greek Drama on the Modern Yiddish Stage

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

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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

...between ancient Greek drama and modern Yiddish theater in the twentieth...community from attending theaters, circuses, or...authorities viewed the theater as a threat to normative...precisely because of its Greek origins and close...limited to the Yiddish theater; among the Greek-inspired publications...
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Toward a National Heterotopia: Ancient Theaters and the Cultural Politics of Performing Ancient Drama in Modern Greece

Journal article by Eleftheria Ioannidou; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010

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Classical theater--Criticism and interpretation, Drama festivals, Hall, Peter--Works, The Oresteia (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Theatrical directors--Works, Theatrical producers and directors--Works

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...role of a "sacred" theater for the Greeks, and not the theater of Dionysus, which...the use of ancient theaters in modern Greece and...viewing the function of Greek theaters within modern...Roman Odeion with the Greek theaters occurred. A critic decried the use of a theater "in which ancient...inheritors of the ancient Greeks publicly, while apparently...
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Political Playing for the Soul of the American South: Theater and the Maintenance of Cultural Hegemony in the American Bible Belt

Journal article by Stan Denman; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2004

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Christianity, Culture, Morality, Nudity, Performing artists, Theaters & cinemas, United States

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...one is engaged in producing theater in this region, whether in public schools, community theaters, churches, or private educational...legendary status in many, many theaters within the Bible Belt of...relationship. Instead, theater practitioners should attempt...imitators of God." In the Greek theater, murder usually took place...

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Magazine Articles on: greek theater

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NIA Exposed: My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Indie Queen Is Back ... in a Corset! Nia Vardalos Dishes with Costar Alec Mapa about Her New "Dinner Theater Drag" Comedy, Connie and Carla

Magazine article by Alonso Duralde; The Advocate, April 27, 2004

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Connie and Carla (Motion picture), Motion picture actors and actresses--Authorship, Motion picture actors and actresses--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Motion picture actors and actresses--Interviews, Motion picture actors and actresses--Performances, Movie actors--Authorship, Movie actors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Movie actors--Interviews, Movie actors--Performances, Vardalos, Nia--Authorship, Vardalos, Nia--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Vardalos, Nia--Interviews, Vardalos, Nia--Performances

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NIA Exposed: My Big Fat Greek Weddings Indie Queen Is Back...Mapa about Her New "Dinner Theater Drag" Comedy, Connie and Carla...jackpot in 2002 with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, an autobiographical...channeled her love of musical theater into her script for Connie and...
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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...but He Was Creating Divine Theater Long before That. by Erik...Poseidon and Hermes, among other Greek deities, in the new Broadway...Zimmerman, was developed as a theater project at Northwestern University...
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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

Greek Odyssey. Simon Goldhill Explains How He Came to Be Hooked on Greek Tragedy at an Early Age-And Has Stayed Hooked. by Simon Goodhill I saw my first Greek play in 1973 on the night England failed to qualify...
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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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...is it a translation of other classical Greek plays. It draws on these sources but...of the organisation and presentation of Greek theatre, which is generally acknowledged...out of myths. Like all societies, the Greeks had myths to explain the inexplicable...Tantalus tells age-old stories of Greek gods and their interaction with mortals...
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In the Footsteps of the Chakyars: India's Venerable Sanskrit Theater

Magazine article by Shoba S. Rajgopal; World and I, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

India, Indian art--History, Popular culture, Theater--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Indias Venerable Sanskrit Theater. by Shoba S. Rajgopal Kudiyattam...oldest surviving classical theater, is only flourishing in its...we arrived at the Sanskrit theater of Kerala, the current site...ancient Greece. And just as Greek theater grew from the ceremonies...

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Newspaper Articles on: greek theater

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A Year in the Arts; Theater

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, December 29, 1996

Subjects:

Arena Stage (Theater group)

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

...has been in limbo (the Church Street Theater and the Marquee Lounge, to be precise...in downtown Washington. * * * Little theaters came (the Phoenix Theatre) and went...year), or came and went (Spectrum Theater Company), as little theaters will do. The Church Street Theatre...
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* Silent Theatre Company and Bootstraps Comedy Theater Team Up for the World Pre

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 4, 2010

Subjects:

Theater companies

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...Theatre Company and Bootstraps Comedy Theater Team Up for the World Pre. * Silent Theatre Company and Bootstraps Comedy Theater team up for the world premiere of...viaducttheater.com. * The all-Latina theater company, Teatro Luna, begins its...
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Style & Time Chicago Opera Theater's Staging Has Modern Twist

Newspaper article by Scott C. Morgan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 31, 2007

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Theater

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

Style Time Chicago Opera Theaters Staging Has Modern Twist...four Location: Chicago Opera Theater at Harris Theatre for Music...upscale chic in Chicago Opera Theaters finely rendered "Il ritorno...of "Poppea," the ancient Greek yolk of the mythological Trojan...creating innovative operatic theater.
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ECC Theater to Stage 'Ajax'

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 27, 2010

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Theater

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

ECC Theater to Stage Ajax. There will be swordplay, but no sandals during Elgin Community College Theatres production of "Ajax." The play, penned by the Greek playwright Sophocles will be held Nov. 5-21 in the ECC Arts Center on...
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A Greek Tragedy of Epic Distortions

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 15, 2010

Subjects:

Theater--Theater reviews

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

A Greek Tragedy of Epic Distortions. Byline: Reviews...APLAY about Aristotle Onassis? Fire up the Greek taverna music! Cue the dodgy accents! Lights...stage pond before uttering a curse. The Greek characters keep addressing ancient gods...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: greek theater

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Theater

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and actors. Ancient Greece Theater in ancient Greece developed...original religious nature of Greek drama made audiences particularly...architectural grandeur of theaters. As the religious and thus...Rome, for the first time, theaters were enclosed within a single...period of the Empire, Roman theater had degenerated into brutal...
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Greek Literature, Ancient

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

GREEK LITERATURE, ANCIENT the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized as the...Bacchylides . The Classical Period Greek drama evolved from the song...dramatists in the history of the theater, Aeschylus , Sophocles , and...
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Syracuse , City, Italy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...mainland are a large, well-preserved Greek theater (5th cent. b.c.), still used...2d cent. a.d.); the large Greek fortress of Euralus; and the extensive...History Founded (734 b.c.) by Greek colonists from Corinth, Syracuse...
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Acting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Evolution of Acting In the ancient Greek theater, acting was stylized; indeed, the large outdoor theaters made subtlety of speech and gesture impossible...ensemble playing common in popular repertory theaters since at least Shakespeares time were...
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Salamis , Ancient City, Cyprus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...St. Paul visited it on his first missionary journey (Acts 13.5). Excavations there revealed the ruins of a Greek theater; there are also many Roman ruins. At nearby Enkomi, which preceded Salamis as the principal city of Cyprus, important...

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