I Greci a teatro. Spettacolo e forme della tragedia

by H.C. Baldry, Herbert W. Belmore (Translator), Marjorie Belmore (Translator)

Eschilo, Sofocle, Euripide nelle loro concrete condizioni di lavoro e nei loro non meno concreti problemi poetici: il finanziamento degli spettacoli, il pubblico, la regia e la recitazione. Baldry analizza anche le forme della tragedia, il rapporto con la leggenda, le origini rituali del dramma, l'accanito antinaturalismo, le trame incredibili e i personaggi stilizzati, fuori dello spazio e del tempo.

Indice
Premessa - I. Il problema - II. Le testimonianze - III. La città - IV. Gli agoni drammatici - V. Il teatro - VI. Le rappresentazioni - VII. Le tragedie - VIII. La vendetta di Oreste - IX. Il declino - Bibliografia - Indice dei nomi e delle cose notevoli

Genres: Theatre, Nonfiction, History

196 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Truls Ljungström · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ganska rolig översikt, men knappast världsomvälvande. Om man är intresserad av antik religion, antik teater eller tradering av idéer i det antika propagandamediet, är detta en bra bok. Den illustrerar inte bara det inomlitterära sättet att strukturera teatern, utan också hur teatern fungerade som sätt att vidmakthålla samhällsideologin under antiken, genom ett slags ironiserande metadiskussion mellan publik och skådespelsförfattare där historiska teman förstärktes, även under det att de omtolkades.

[Giulia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Veramente interessante ed esaustivo, molto scorrevole. La scrittura dà l'impressione di vedere il teatro greco così come lo vedevano i suoi contemporanei. Fa venire la tentazione di leggere tutte le tragedie!

[B. Rule · Rating 4 out of 5]

This charming little account of the theatrical experience of Greek tragedy at its 5th century BC height is both vividly described and refreshingly free of baseless speculation. Baldry declines to venture beyond the available evidence in giving sturdy accounts of the physical structure of the theater, its place in society, the trappings of its various principals, and the evolving nature of the plays presented. He highlights the religious origins of tragic theater and its role in civic life at Athens (and other sites). It's easy to fall blind to the radical differences in our experience of Greek drama as we've received it and how it was experienced by its originators; no author can fully close that imaginative gap but this volume will certainly help you narrow it. Baldry also concludes with a very well-done capsule analysis of some key differences between Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and how some of the traditions of their time ossified and altered over the next 600 years or so of ancient culture. Worth checking out.

[Paul Howlett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have bought lots of books on Greek Tragic theatre, and there are many considering what Little solid evidence we have about actually what went on at these events, rather than wade through many publications that get involved with the history of cultural interpretation since those distant times or entertain apparently new perspectives and send them up the flagpole, this is a fairly methodical based introduction that was written in the 1970s from which to begin exploration of the subject in many directions .

[ilaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started this book before my forth year of classical high school and I helped me through the whole year as it is full of facts that you cannot find in a standard school book that are extremely useful for projects and tests. I'd recommend it to all the Greek literature students but also theatre students and enthusiasts as i goes in depth on how everything worked in the V century BC!

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Acquired 1989
The Word, Montreal, Quebec

[AC · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent, brief account of the performative aspects of Greek tragedy - down to the little details... a great little book