Dionysus resurrected : performances of Euripides' The Bacchae in a globalizing world /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Fischer-Lichte, Erika
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
• Σειρά: Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition.
• Θέματα: Euripides > Stage history.; Euripides. > Bacchae.; Euripides.; Bacchae (Euripides); Greek drama > Modern presentation.; DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.; Electronic books.

 Dionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides' The Bacchae. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day performances, the author reveals striking parallels between transformational events taking place during the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself. Puts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational eventsduring the era of the play's revival and events within the play itselfThe first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of The Bacchae that took place between 1968 and 2009 from t. 

 Dionysus Resurrected: Performances of Euripides' The Bacchae in a Globalizing World; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Re-enter Dionysus; The Topicality of The Bacchae; Theories of Sacrificial Ritual in the 1970s; From "Text" to "Performance": A New Theatre Aesthetics; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part I: Festivals of Liberation: Celebrating Communality; Chapter 1: The Birth Ritual of a New Theatre; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Celebrating a Communion Rite?; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Sparagmos and Omophagia; Notes; References.