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  title info:
    title: Greek tragedies as plays for performance
  name:
    name part: Raeburn, D. A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: "Greek Tragedies as Plays for Performance is a unique introduction to the genre that explores these works as dramatic artefacts intended for performance--instead of as ancient literature solely to be read and studied. Written by a scholar who combines his academic understanding of Greek tragedy with his singular theatrical experience of producing these ancient dramas for the modern stage, this text pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition in terms of the ancient medium and original resources. The author discusses the masters of the genre--Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides--including similarities, differences, their use and development of Greek tragedy's hybrid form, the significance that each poet attaches to familiar myths and his distinctive approach as a dramatic artist. The text examines 10 plays in detail, from Persae and The Oresteia to Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus and then Medea and Bacchae, including the two Electra plays. It delves into important components of these dramas, including performances by the chorus and the three actors, the need to captivate audiences attending a major civic and religious festival, and the importance of the lyric sections for emotional effect. The book also contains a companion website, available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/raeburn, with 136 audio recordings of Greek tragedy that illustrate the beauty of the Greek language and the powerful rhythms of the songs. With extended dramatic analysis of important Greek tragedies at an appropriate level for readers coming to the topic for the first time, this is a fresh and insightful foray into these ancient works of art."--
  table of contents: Introduction -- Aeschylus -- Persae -- The Oresteia -- Sophocles -- Antigone -- Oedipus tyrannus -- Electra (Sophocles) -- Euripides -- Medea -- Electra (Euripides) -- Bacchae -- Appendices: A: Glossary of terms in Greek tragedy -- B: Rhythm and meter.
  note: David Raeburn.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-gr---
  subject:
    topic: Greek drama (Tragedy)
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Theater
    geographic: Greece
    topic: History
    temporal: To 500
  classification: PA3131 .R34 2016
  classification: 882/.0109
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    title info:
      title: Greek tragedies as plays for performance
    name:
      name part: Raeburn, D.A.
    origin info:
      publisher: Chicester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016
    identifier: (DLC) 2016032959
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    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 160804
    record change date: 20260215000842.4
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng