ancient greek drama women

A collection of essays by many distinguished contributors, focused on the portrayal of rebel women in ancient Greek drama Ancient Greek drama provides the modern stage with a host of powerful female characters Boost your grocery savings at CoolSavings.com! who stand in opposition to the patriarchal structures that seek to limit and define them. 

For contemporary theatre directors their representation serves as a vehicle for examining and illuminating issues of gender, power, family and morality, as germane today as when the plays were first written. Rebel Women brings together essays by leading writers from across different disciplines examining the representation of ancient Greek heroines in their original contexts and on today's stage. Divided into three sections, it considers in turn international productions, Irish versions, and studies of the original texts. 

The articles explore how such characters as Iphigenia, Medea, Antigone and Clytemnestra have been portrayed in recent times and the challenges Free Online Casino Games! and provocation they offer to both contemporary audiences and dramatists alike.'Seamus Heaney and Athol Fugard are brought together as contributors by the inspiration that ancient Greek tragedy has offered to them both. There are offerings here on Iphigenia, Medea, Antigone, Clytemnestra, film, drama, Greece, Russia ...and especially Ireland. Amidst all this variety, the level of interest and of scholarship are consistently high.' Oliver Taplin, Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, Oxford University

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   Canadian Embassy in Athens Presents 

   
   

   Modern Take on Sophocles ...

   
   

   
   

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   5 days ago by Areti Kotseli

   The new versions of the ancient Greek plays

    and myths have been written respectively 

   by three leading female playwrights: 

   Judith Thompson, representing Canada, 

   Velina Hasu Houston, representing the United States, and ...

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   The Odyssey Reading Club -- Entry 32 

   
   

   -- Big Ideas: Womanly ...

   
   

   
   

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   2 days ago by Erik

   Now, Ancient Greek poetry, myth, and drama 

   are not devoid of women, so The Odyssey 

   isn't a complete and total anomaly. However, 

   it is a stark contrast to Homer's other great work, 

   The Iliad, and I think that is a deliberate ...
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   GV partners with Heritage Theatre Group 

   
   

   for new translation of ancient

   
   

   
   

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   5 days ago by By Briana Doolan

   Though after a series of events that revolve 

   around Jason's betrayal of Medea, the princess 

   is put on a war path, searching for the ultimate revenge. 

   Like mostGreek plays, the production does 

   include a chorus of the women of ...