Staging Ancient Greek Plays

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A Practical Guide

By Michael Ewans

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Staging Ancient Greek Plays by Michael Ewans is an essential guide for directors and actors mounting productions of ancient Greek dramas. It combines theoretical insights with practical advice, examining the cultural context, theatrical conventions, and key themes such as Greek values, myth, characterisation, and the influence of gods and fate. The book addresses crucial production elements including translation choices, setting, costumes, masks, delivery style, acting methods for tragedy and comedy, and the use of chorus, offering analysed examples to help modern theatre-makers succeed in staging these timeless plays.
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This book is ideal for theatre directors, actors, students of drama, and practitioners interested in staging or studying ancient Greek plays with an informed and practical approach.

Description

Merging the theoretical framework with the practical elements of staging an ancient Greek play, this indispensable guide offers directors and actors an excellent starting point for mounting their production.

Considering the conditions of ancient Greek performance and the conventions of the Greek theatre, the book examines large questions, including those related to ancient Greek values, myth and the individual (‘characterization’), and the gods and fate— all of which must be taken into consideration when approaching a contemporary production.

This practical guide also explores, with analysed examples, the issues that today's theatre-makers should consider in order to successfully stage ancient Greek drama. These topics include:

choice of translation
setting
costumes
masks
mode of delivery
acting style for both tragedy and comedy
handling of the chorus
solutions to staging Greek drama

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Emily Louizou, Theatre Director & Artistic Director of Collide Theatre Ltd, praises the book as an excellent handbook that deepens understanding of ancient Greek theatre and prepares practitioners for meaningful exploration of these iconic works.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350381308

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 216

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Ancient & Classical History Arts & Culture Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Michael Ewans Non-Fiction

About the Author

Michael Ewans is Conjoint Professor of Drama in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His many publications include translations with theatrical commentaries of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. He is active in production, and has recently directed professional performances in his own translations of Theocritus’ Love Magic, Euripides’ Medea and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. He is also the author of Performing Opera: A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors (Methuen Drama, 2016).