This book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre. Whilst post structuralist criticism of Greek tragedy has tended to focus on the literary text; the analysis of stagecraft and the theatre has been markedly conservative in its methodology. David Wiles corrects that balance; exploring the performance of tragedy as a spatial practice specific to Athenian culture; at once religious and political. Athenian conceptions of space were quite unlike those of the modern world. After reviewing controversies and archaeological data regarding the fifth-century performance space; Wiles turns to the chorus and shows how dance mapped out the space for the purposes of any given play. The book shows how the performance as a whole was organised and; through informative diagrams and accessible analyses; Wiles brings the theatre of Greek tragedy to life.
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