Surviving Greek Tragedy

United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. 2004. Paperback. 0715631233 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - 192 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches -- a history of the physical survival to the present day of the thirty-two extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. -- "Surviving Greek Tragedy" is a history of the physical survival to the present day of the thirty-two extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Beginning with the first revival of the plays in the fourth century BC, it charts the course of their transmission down the centuries as they passed through the hands of actors, readers, scholars, schoolteachers, monks, publishers, translators, theatre directors, and so on. Over the course of this 2,400-year period, the plays were at different times performed, copied, quoted, emended, excerpted, analysed, taught, translated, censored, adapted, or merely left to moulder in a library, as each successive culture charged with their safe-keeping saw fit. In the last thirty years Greek tragedy has become the medium through which most people encounter the classical heritage, and in the book Garland gives extensive coverage to modern stagings of the plays all over the world, taking this fascinating story right up to the present. Robert Garland writes in a lively style, accessible to students and scholars alike. The book is plentifully illustrated with images from all the periods under discussion--from Greek vase paintings to Deborah Warner’s production of Medea at the Queen’s Theatre, London, in 2001. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Honoris causa * List of Illustrations * Preface * Introduction * 1. Readers and Star-Actors * 2. Librarians and Kings * 3. Teachers and Churchmen * 4. Barbarians and Scribes * 5. Refugees and Publishers * 6. Philologists and Translators * 7. Producers and Playgoers * Conclusions * Chronology * Glossary * Appendixes * I. The Surviving Tragedies * II. Manuscripts of Greek Tragedy in Italian Libraries in the Fifteenth Century * III. Notable Translations of Greek Tragedy * IV. The Production History of Greek Tragedy * V. Productions of Greek Tragedy with a Political Agenda * Notes * Bibliography * Abbreviations and Index Locorum * General Index -- with a bonus offer-- .