Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914
Book description
This lavishly illustrated book offers the first full, interdisciplinary investigation of the historical evidence for the presence of ancient Greek tragedy in the post-Restoration British theatre, where it reached a much wider audience - including women - than had access to the original texts. Archival research has excavated substantial amounts…
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1 author picked Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
While the first two links are a good introduction to classical drama and theatre for the uninitiated, this third choice is different, a vast and unparalleled compendium covering productions of the whole corpus of direct and marginal translations of Greek tragedy on the English stage over some 250 years.
It is a work of reference rather than a ‘good read’, but it is a book into which I hope everyone would find reason to dip who believes in research as an essential feature of creative preparation for the new production of a ‘classic’.
The book is written by two of…
From J.'s list on Greek theatre for practitioners and audiences.
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