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Title Contemporary adaptations of Greek tragedy : auteurship and directorial visions / edited by George Rodosthenous
Published London : Bloomsbury, 2017
London Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017

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Description xiv, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Contents Contents note continued: 9.Dionysus the destroyer of traditions: The Bacchae on stage / George Sampatakakis -- 10.Ariane Mnouchkine's Les Atrides: Uncovering a classic / Dominic Glynn -- 11.Re-imagining Antigone: Contemporary resonances in the directorial revisioning of character, chorus and staging / Sue Hamstead
Machine generated contents note: pt. One Global Perspectives -- 1.American directorial perspectives: Independence Day meets Greek tragedy / Marianne McDonald -- 2.Greek contemporary approaches to tragedy: Terzopoulos' revisions of Aeschylus / Avra Sidiropoulou -- 3.British auteurship and the Greeks: Katie Mitchell / Andrew Haydon -- 4.Tadashi Suzuki and Yukio Ninagawa: Reinventing the Greek classics; reinventing Japanese identity after Hiroshima / Penelope Chatzidimitriou -- pt. Two Directing as Dialogue with the Community -- 5.Directing Greek tragedy as a ritual: Mystagogy, religion and ecstasy / Magdalena Zira -- 6.La MaMa's Trojan Women: Forty-two years of suffering rhythms from New York to Guatemala / Adam Strickson -- 7.Theater of War: Ancient Greek drama as a forum for modern military dialogue / Sophie Klein -- pt. Three Directorial Re-Visions -- 8.Jan Fabre's Prometheus Landscape II: [De]territorialization of the tragic and transgressive acts of arson / Demetris Zavros --
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Drama -- Technique -- History -- 21st century.
Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Adaptations.
Stage adaptations.
Theater -- Production and direction.
Author Rodosthenous, George, 1973- editor
LC no. 2016497702
ISBN 9781472591524 (paperback)
9781472591531 (hbk.)
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