The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
335
Utgivningsdatum
2017-12-14
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Illustratör/Fotograf
black and white 7 Line drawings 4 Tables black and white
Illustrationer
7 b/w illus. 4 tables
Dimensioner
244 x 170 x 18 mm
Vikt
536 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
67:B&W 6.69 x 9.61 in or 244 x 170 mm (Pinched Crown) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781107423329

The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen

av C W Marshall
Häftad,  Engelska, 2017-12-14
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Using Euripides' play Helen as the main point of reference, C. W. Marshall's detailed study expands our understanding of Athenian tragedy and provides new interpretations of how Euripides created meaning in performance. Marshall focuses on dramatic structure to show how assumptions held by the ancient audience shaped meaning in Helen and to demonstrate how Euripides' play draws extensively on the satyr play Proteus, which was part of Aeschylus' Oresteia. Structure is presented not as a theoretical abstraction, but as a crucial component of the experience of performance, working with music, the chorus and the other plays in the tetralogy. Euripides' Andromeda in particular is shown to have resonances with Helen not previously described. Arguing that the role of the director is key, Marshall shows that the choices that a director can make about role doubling, gestures, blocking, humour, and masks play a crucial part in forming the meaning of Helen.
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Övrig information

C. W. Marshall is Professor of Greek at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy (2006) and has co-edited several volumes: No Laughing Matter (2012) and Classics and Comics (2011) with George Kovacs and The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television (2009) and Cylons in America (2008) with Tiffany Potter. His many articles and chapters on ancient theatre consider the practical constraints of ancient staging techniques, the nature of masks, and how an ancient audience interprets a play in performance. This work is informed by his practical experience as a director of ancient and modern plays.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Helen and the evidence for performance; 2. Structure; 3. Protean Helen; 4. Chorus and music; 5. Andromeda; 6. Stage directions; 7. Directorial decisions; 8. The mask of beauty.

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