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Six Classical Greek Comedies

Birds; Frogs; Women in Power; the Woman from Samos; Cyclops and Alkestis
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The comedies of the Athenian theatre not only lie at the root of Western drama, they also offer a unique insight into everyday life in Ancient Greece. This selection of six wide-ranging plays includes the comic fantasies of Aristophanes, which combine the ridiculous with serious satirical comment ("Birds", "Frogs", "Women in Power"); Menander's "The Woman from Samos", a recognisable forebear of today's situation comedy; Euripides' ribald satyr play, "Cyclops", the only survivng example of its genre, and his "Alkestis", a complex romance which gave a new face to comedy. The volume is edited and introduced by J. Michael Walton, Professor of Drama at the University of Hull, and founder and director of the Performance Translation Centre at the University of Hull.

Author Biography:

J. Michael Walton has translated plays by Sophocles, Euripedes and Menander and published a number of books on Greek theatre, including "Greek Theatre Practice", "The Greek Sense of Theatre: Tragedy R eviewed", "Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production" and "Men ander and the Making of Comedy"'
Release date NZ
August 1st, 2002
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by J.Michael Walton
  • Translated by J.Michael Walton
  • Translated by Kenneth McLeish
Pages
378
Dimensions
130x200x20
ISBN-13
9780413771308
Product ID
1974105

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