Overview
Aeschylus' Agamemnon, the first play in the Oresteia trilogy, is one of the most influential theatrical texts in the global canon. In performance, translation, adaptation, along with sung and danced interpretations, it has been familiar in the Greek world and the Roman empire, and from the Renaissance to the contemporary stage. It has been central to the aesthetic and intellectual avant-garde as well as to radical politics of all complexions and to feminist thinking. Contributors to this interdisciplinary collection of eighteen essays on its performance history include classical scholars, theatre historians, and experts in English and comparative literature. All Greek and Latin has been translated; the book is generously illustrated, and supplemented with the useful research aid of a chronological appendix of performances.
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Author: Fiona Macintosh (Senior Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford) ,
Pantelis Michelakis (Lecturer in Classics, University of Bristol, and Honorary Fellow, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford) ,
Edith Hall (Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham, and Co-Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford) ,
Oliver Taplin (Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of the British Academy)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 1.018kg
ISBN: 9780199263516
ISBN 10: 0199263515
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 08 December 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
It is impossible to do justice to the riches contained in Agamemnon in Performance...This book will be indispensable not only to those who work in reception and performance studies, but also to those interested in literary translation. Betine van Zyl Smit, Hermathena The volume does a remarkable job examining the reception of Agamemnon from antiquity to the present. Hallie Rebecca Marshall, Bryn Mawr Classical Review This volume shows how performance history has advanced far beyond the counting of new styles of stage sets, or lists of productions...[it] provides a necessary basis for such advanced historical work to proceed. Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement
It is impossible to do justice to the riches contained in Agamemnon in Performance...This book will be indispensable not only to those who work in reception and performance studies, but also to those interested in literary translation. Betine van Zyl Smit, Hermathena The volume does a remarkable job examining the reception of Agamemnon from antiquity to the present. Hallie Rebecca Marshall, Bryn Mawr Classical Review This volume shows how performance history has advanced far beyond the counting of new styles of stage sets, or lists of productions...[it] provides a necessary basis for such advanced historical work to proceed. Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement
The volume does a remarkable job examining the reception of Agamemnon from antiquity to the present. Hallie Rebecca Marshall, Bryn Mawr Classical Review This volume shows how performance history has advanced far beyond the counting of new styles of stage sets, or lists of productions...[it] provides a necessary basis for such advanced historical work to proceed. Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement
Author Information
Fiona Macintosh is Senior Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford. Pantelis Michelakis is Lecturer in Classics, University of Bristol, and Honorary Fellow, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford. Edith Hall is Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham, and Co-Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford. Oliver Taplin is Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of the British Academy.
