Skip to Store Area:

My Cart

You have no items in your shopping cart.

 

Information to all our lovely Drama teachers, school finance departments, customers, parents, and students:

We are just in the process of updating our website. However, for now, please continue to place orders via this website, or you can email us on sales@ehdltd.co.uk to discuss your individual requirements, and you'll hopefully see our new site and products soon!

Rebel Women: Staging Ancient Greek Drama Today

More Views

  • Rebel Women: Staging Ancient Greek Drama Today

Rebel Women: Staging Ancient Greek Drama Today by J. Dillon

Availability: In stock.

£30.00

Quick Overview

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 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.

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 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

You may also be interested in the following product(s)

Classical Monologues for Women

Classical Monologues for Women
£9.99

The Trojan Women and Other Plays: Hecuba, The Trojan Women, Andromache

The Trojan Women and Other Plays: Hecuba, The Trojan Women, Andromache
£8.99