{"product_id":"tragedy-in-athens-performance-space-and-theatrical-meaning-paperback-9780521666152","title":"Tragedy in Athens; Performance Space and Theatrical Meaning (Paperback) 9780521666152","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTragedy in Athens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePerformance Space and Theatrical Meaning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Wiles (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521666152, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 4 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.335 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… genuinely original treatment … every page demonstrates that new and important things can still be said about the tragic playwrights  of 5th-century Athens'. The Anglo-Hellenic Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre. Whilst post structuralist criticism of Greek tragedy has tended to focus on the literary text, the analysis of stagecraft and the theatre has been markedly conservative in its methodology. David Wiles corrects that balance, exploring the performance of tragedy as a spatial practice specific to Athenian culture, at once religious and political. Athenian conceptions of space were quite unlike those of the modern world. After reviewing controversies and archaeological data regarding the fifth-century performance space, Wiles turns to the chorus and shows how dance mapped out the space for the purposes of any given play. The book shows how the performance as a whole was organised and, through informative diagrams and accessible analyses, Wiles brings the theatre of Greek tragedy to life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The problem of space\u003cbr\u003e 2. The theatre of Dionysus\u003cbr\u003e 3. Focus on the centre point\u003cbr\u003e 4. The mimetic action of the chorus\u003cbr\u003e 5. The chorus: its transformation of space\u003cbr\u003e 6. Left and right, east and west\u003cbr\u003e 7. Inside\/outside\u003cbr\u003e 8. The vertical axis\u003cbr\u003e 9. The iconography of sacred space\u003cbr\u003e 10. Orchestra and theatron\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004327809304,"sku":"9780521666152","price":36.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521666152i_9e38a602-3d6d-466f-8c88-a26ce2468849.jpg?v=1691379682","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tragedy-in-athens-performance-space-and-theatrical-meaning-paperback-9780521666152","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}