Radical theatre : Greek tragedy and the modern world /

• Main Author: Rehm, Rush (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Duckworth, 2003.
• Series: Classical inter/faces
• Subjects: Ελληνικό δράμα (Τραγωδία) > Ιστορία και κριτική; Ελληνικό δράμα (Τραγωδία) > Επιδράσεις; Ελληνικό δράμα > Παρουσίαση, Σύγχρονη.

"This book opens a dialogue between the tragic theatre in ancient Athens and the multiple performances of the modern world. In five interconnected essays, Rush Rehm engages tragedy on its own terms, using our oldest theatre as inspiration for how we might shape the theatre of the future."...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Timely Thoughts
• 1. Theatre, Artifice, Environment
• 2. Tragedy and Fear
• 3. The Fate of Agency, the Agency of Fate
• 4. Tragedy and Ideology
• 5. Tragedy and Time
• Epilogue: Progress and Survival.