Greek Tragedies as Plays for Performance by David Raeburn - 9781119089858

Greek Tragedies as Plays for PerformanceAuthor(s): David Raeburn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781119089858, 978-1119089858\nSynopsis\nThis is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition.\n\nWritten 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\nDiscusses the masters of the genreAeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripidesincluding similarities, differences, the hybrid nature of Greek tragedy, the significance that each poet attaches to familiar myths and his distinctive approach as a dramatic artist\nExamines 10 plays in detail, focusing on performances by the chorus and the 3 actors, the need to captivate audiences attending a major civic and religios