{"product_id":"contemporary-adaptations-of-greek-tragedy-george-rodosthenous-9781472591531","title":"Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wide-ranging analysis of the role of the director in shaping adaptations for the stage today. Through its focus on a wide range of international productions by Katie Mitchell, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Peter Sellars, Jan Fabre, Ariane Mnouchkine, Tadashi Suzuki, Yukio Ninagawa, Andrei Serban, Nikos Charalambous, Bryan Doerries and Richard Schechner, among others, it offers readers a detailed study of the ways directors have responded to the original texts, refashioning them for different audiences, contexts and purposes. As such the volume will appeal to readers of theatre and performance studies, classics and adaptation studies, directors and theatre practitioners, and anyone who has ever wondered 'why they did it like that' when watching a stage production of an ancient Greek play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume \u003ci\u003eContemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003eis divided in three sections: the first section - Global Perspectives - considers the work of a range of major directors from around the world who have provided new readings of Greek Tragedy: Peter Sellars and Athol Fugard in the US, Katie Mitchell in the UK, Theodoros Terzopoulos in Greece and Tadashi Suzuki and Yukio Ninagawa in Japan. Their work on a wide range of plays is analysed, including \u003ci\u003eElectra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Persians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIphigenia at Aulis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Parts Two and Three - Directing as Dialogue with the Community and Directorial Re-Visions - focus on a range of productions of key plays from the repertoire, including \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Landscape II, Les Atrides, The Trojan Women, The Bacchae, Antigone \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Suppliants\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. In each, the varying approaches of different directors are analysed, together with a detailed investigation of the mise-en-scene. In considering each stage production, the authors raise issues of authenticity, contemporary resonances, translation, directorial control\/auteurship and adaptation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Rodosthenous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472591534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472591531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"George Rodosthenous","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439300194559,"sku":"9781472591531","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9905dafd-4fdf-49b0-95ab-f3fb624560c2.jpg?v=1777176763","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemporary-adaptations-of-greek-tragedy-george-rodosthenous-9781472591531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}