Translating and Directing the Oresteia of Aeschylus
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| Title | Translating and Directing the Oresteia of Aeschylus |
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| Abstract | The consensus is among theater people that to translate and direct Aeschylean drama for a modern audience is a major task and even more so is the task of translating and directing the Oresteia. The Classics Department of the University of Canterbury undertook this task when I translated and directed the Oresteia for the Christchurch stage in New Zealand. The article discusses the directorial choices made in terms of compressing this epic drama into a smaller theater space, especially in handling in an effective way the parodos and first stasimon of the Agamemnon. |
| Publisher | Centre for the Study of Myth and Religion in Greek and Roman Antiquity |
| Date | 2011-10-26 |
| Source | Electra Αρ. 1 (2011): The Atreids |
| Rights | Το περιεχόμενο αυτό διέπεται από την άδεια Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Greece . |