Tragedy in Athens : performance space and theatrical meaning /

• Main Author: Wiles, David
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
• Series: NetLibrary.; EBSCO eBook Collection.
• Subjects: To 500; Theater > Greece > Athens > History > To 500.; Theaters > Greece > Athens > History > To 500.; Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.; PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.; Greek drama (Tragedy); Theater.; Theaters.; Greece > Athens.; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; History.

This book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre. Whilst post structuralist criticism of Greek tragedy has tended to focus on the literary text, the analysis of stagecraft and the theatre has been markedly conservative in its methodology. David Wiles corrects tha...