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Zusatztext ...[a] rigorous and readable history...combines valuable new research with a set of cogent and persuasive arguments about the social and political history of Greek plays, always with a view to connecting these to more conventional English literary histories. Perhaps most engagingly, this new contribution by Hall and Macintosh provides the exhilarating sense of an emergent field, one that draws on the resources of classics, cultural history, literary and performance studies and whose possibilities have only begun to be tapped. Informationen zum Autor Edith Hall is Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham.Fiona Macintosh is Senior Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford. Klappentext 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 of new material! both visual and literary! which is presented in chronological order. But the fundamental aim is to explain why Greek tragedy! which played an elite role in the curricula of largely conservative schools and universities! was magnetically attractive to political radicals! progressive theatre professionals! and to the aesthetic avant-garde. All Greek has been translated! and the book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Greek tragedy! the reception of ancient Greece and Rome! theatre history! British social history! English studies! or comparative literature. Zusammenfassung This lavishly illustrated book is the first investigation into the history of performances of Greek tragedy in Britain from 1660 onwards. It assembles discussion of the translations, plays, authors, actors, and audiences, and sets them in the context of contemporary politics, society, and culture. It argues that Greek tragedy was a radical and progressive force in the professional theatre....
