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"Classical Greek Tragedy is devoted to reconstructing how original audiences in fifth-century BCE Athens created meaning from the performance of tragedy at the dramatic festivals sponsored by the city-state and its wealthiest citizens. It brings into play the context of Athenian political and legal structures, gender ideology, religious beliefs, and other social forces that contributed to spectators' reception of the drama. The focus is on the relationship between performers and watchers, not only male citizen audience members, but also women, metics (free non-citizens), and foreigners. The historical development of these dynamics is traced through three representative tragedies that span a 50 year period: Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, and Euripides' Helen. Topics include the role of the chorus; the tragic hero; recurring mythical characters and subject matter; Aristotelian assessments of the components of tragedy; developments in the architecture of the theater and their impact on the interactions of characters, and the spaces they occupy. Unifying these discussions is the observation that the genre articulates a reality beyond the visible stage action that intersects with the characters' existence in the present moment and resonates with the audience's religious beliefs and collective psychology. Human voices within the performance space articulate powerful forces from an invisible dimension that are activated by oaths, hymns, curses and prayers, and respond in the form of oracles and prophecies, forms of discourse which were profoundly meaningful to those who watched the original productions of tragedy"--

Drama --- Classical Greek literature --- tragedy [general genre]

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Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Mythology, Greek, in literature. --- History and criticism.

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Antigone, Medea, Agamennone, Oreste, Edipo… lunga è la schiera degli eroi e delle eroine che sfilano e si muovono sulla scena del teatro di Atene. Qui e ora, nel tempo dello spettacolo, i personaggi del mito vivono le loro storie, come se fosse sempre la prima volta: agiscono, parlano e soffrono, andando incontro al loro destino. Seduto in silenzio nella cavea, il pubblico vede e ascolta. Ma che tipo di esperienza suscita la tragedia? Quali nodi della condizione umana, della conoscenza e della politica sono toccati dall’agire tragico? A quali visioni e a quali emozioni Dioniso, signore della maschera e della follia, conduce gli spettatori insieme ai personaggi stessi? Forse in un altrove dove le identità si lacerano, i discorsi si spezzano, la mente manca la presa della realtà, l’esistenza si disgiunge dall’essenza. Perché è solo perdendosi nella ferita spaesante di un altrove che la parola e lo sguardo possono rigenerarsi, trovando una diversa consapevolezza del vivere. Quell’altrove che noi stessi, ancora, intimamente siamo, anche quando non lo sappiamo e non vogliamo intenderlo.

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Greek drama (Tragedy). --- Griechisch. --- Tragédie grecque --- Tragödie. --- History and criticism. --- Themes, motives. --- Histoire et critique.

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"Staging 21st Century Tragedies: Theatre, Politics, and Global Crisis is an international collection of essays by leading academics, artists, writers, and curators examining ways in which the global tragedies of our century are being negotiated in current theatre practice. In exploring the tragic in the fields of history and theory of theatre, the book approaches crisis through an understanding of the existential and political aspect of the tragic condition. Using an interdisciplinary perspective, it showcases theatre texts and productions that enter the public sphere, manifesting notably participatory, immersive, and documentary modes of expression to form a theatre of modern tragedy. The coexistence of scholarly essays with manifesto-like provocations, interviews, original plays, and diaries by theatre artists provides a rich and multifocal lens that allows readers to approach 21st century theatre through historical and critical study, text and performance analysis, and creative processes. Of special value is the global scope of the collection, embracing forms of crisis theatre in many geographically diverse regions of both the East and the West. Staging 21st Century Tragedies: Theatre, Politics, and Global Crisis will be of use and interest to academics and students of political theatre, applied theatre, theatre history, and theatre theory"--

Drama --- Tragic, The. --- Theater --- Tragedy. --- Literature and history. --- History and criticism. --- Production and direction --- History --- Tragic, The --- Tragedy --- Literature and history

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This wide-ranging, detailed and engaging study of Brecht's complex relationship with Greek tragedy and tragic tradition argues that this is fundamental for understanding his radicalism. Featuring an extensive discussion of The Antigone of Sophocles (1948) and further related works (the Antigone model book and the Small Organon for the Theatre), this monograph includes the first-ever publication of the complete set of colour photographs taken by Ruth Berlau. This is complemented by comparatist explorations of many of Brecht's own plays as his experiments with tragedy conceptualized as the 'big form'. The significance for Brecht of the Greek tragic tradition is positioned in relation to other formative influences on his work (Asian theatre, Naturalism, comedy, Schiller and Shakespeare). Brecht emerges as a theatre artist of enormous range and creativity, who has succeeded in re-shaping and re-energizing tragedy and has carved paths for its continued artistic and political relevance.

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Influence. --- Brecht, Bertolt, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Greek drama --- Brecht, Berthold Friedrich --- Brecht, Bertolt. --- Brecht, Bertholt --- Brecht, Bert --- Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich