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Surviving Greek Tragedy is a history of the physical survival to the present day of the thirty-two extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Beginning with the first revival of the plays in the fourth century BC, it charts the course of their transmission down the centuries as they passed through the hands of actors, readers, scholars, schoolteachers, monks, publishers, translators and theatre directors.
Over the course of this 2,400-year period, the plays were at different times performed, copied, quoted, emended, excerpted, analysed, taught, translated, censored, adapted, or merely left to moulder in a library, as each successive culture charged with their safe-keeping saw fit. In the last thirty years Greek tragedy has become the medium through which most people encounter the classical heritage, and in the book Garland gives extensive coverage to modern stagings of the plays all over the world, taking this fascinating story right up to the present.
Fully illustrated with images from all the periods under discussion--from Greek vase paintings to Deborah Warner's production of Medea at the Queen's Theatre, London.
Table of Contents
Honoris causa
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. Readers and Star-Actors
2. Librarians and Kings
3. Teachers and Churchmen
4. Barbarians and Scribes
5. Refugees and Publishers
6. Philologists and Translators
7. Producers and Playgoers
Conclusions
Chronology
Glossary
Appendixes
I. The Surviving Tragedies
II. Manuscripts of Greek Tragedy in Italian Libraries in the Fifteenth Century
III. Notable Translations of Greek Tragedy
IV. The Production History of Greek Tragedy
V. Productions of Greek Tragedy with a Political Agenda
Notes
Bibliography
Abbreviations and Index Locorum
General Index
Product details
| Published | Mar 31 2011 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780715631232 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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