Stagecraft of Aeschylus: The Dramatic Use of Exits and Entrances in Greek Tragedy - Hardcover

Taplin, Oliver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198140061 ISBN 13: 9780198140061

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1978

Synopsis

In this book, Taplin looks for clues to Aeschylus's stagecraft in the texts of the plays themselves, analyzing the exits and entrances that occur throughout his works.

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Review:

'A fascinating commentary. Every controversial passage (and there are many) is discussed with incisive intelligence, great learning, and also good-humoured respect for opposing views.' Bernard Knox, Times Literary Supplement

'Dr Taplin has made Greek tragedy more vivid and more accessible to us all, to the professional classicist, to the historian of the stage, and to would-be performers of ancient drama.Mark Griffith, Phoenix

'This substantial and original work of scholarship is essential for anyone who wants to gain a serious understanding of Greek tragedy in performance. It is the combination of the attempted reconstruction of the stage-action with sustained, perceptive reading of the plays in the light of this reconstruction that gives this study its specific value.' Christopher Gill, University of Exeter, Theatre Research International Autmun '90

About the Author:

Oliver Taplin is at Magdalen College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0198140061
• ISBN 13: 9780198140061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 518