Theatre of the Condemned - Classical Tragedy on Greek Prison Islands

Zusatztext stunning ... Van Steen has beautifully translated Alexandrou's lyrical text Gonda Van Steen is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Florida Klappentext A study of the productions of classical tragedies staged by political prisoners of the Greek Civil War, focusing on the interpretation the detainees gave to their productions and the rationale behind specific readings. The book includes the text of an adaptation of Antigone, written by Aris Alexandrou, one of the prisoners. Zusammenfassung A study of the productions of classical tragedies staged by political prisoners of the Greek Civil War, focusing on the interpretation the detainees gave to their productions and the rationale behind specific readings. The book includes the text of an adaptation of Antigone, written by Aris Alexandrou, one of the prisoners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island 1: Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives 2: Makronisos: Island of the `Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils' 3: Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? 4: The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus `Persians' on Ai Stratis, September 1951 5: `Suspect Always Like the Truth': The `Antigone' of Aris Alexandrou 6: Alexandrou's `Antigone' (Greek text and English translation) Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Gonda Van Steen, Gonda Van Steen, Gonda (Associate Professor of Classics Van Steen, Van Steen Gonda
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2011
• EAN: 9780199572885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957288-5
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Greece, Theatre Studies, c 1950 to c 1959, Prisoners of War, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, C 1945 To C 1960, HISTORY / Europe / Greece, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern