| #2413013 in eBooks | 2014-02-25 | 2014-02-25 | File type: PDF||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A timely and relevant look at Greek tragedy -- and a pleasure to read|By LCC|This is a great read if you are interested in theatre and/or classics -- or if you want to be. Rehm's readings of Greek tragedy bring out much of the best this genre has to offer: gut-wrenching action, the beauty of words, and bigger questions about who we are and our place in the world. If over time|About the Author||Rush Rehm is Associate Professor of Drama and Classics at Stanford University, USA; his publications include The Play of Space: Spatial Transformation in Greek Tragedy.
Why should Greek tragedy matter now? This book opens a dialogue between the tragic theatre in ancient Athens and the multiple performances of the modern world. In five interconnected essays, Rush Rehm engages tragedy on its own terms, using our oldest theatre as inspiration for how we might shape the theatre of the future.
'Theatre, Artifice, Environment' explores the difference between the outdoor theatre of Athens and the artificial interiors of modern perfo...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Radical Theatre: Greek Tragedy in the Modern World (Classical Inter/faces) | Rush Rehm. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
