Scapegoat Carnivale's Tragic Trilogy
Euripides's Medea, Euripides's Bacchae, and Sophocles's Oedipus Tyrannus
$85.67
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2023
Summary
Between 2010 and 2017, Canada experienced an efflorescence of Greek tragedy, led by independent Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale’s energetic performances of Euripides’s Medea and Bacchae and Sophocles’s Oedipus Tyrannus. The performances featured crisp new translations by co–artistic director Joseph Shragge, large casts, and full-throated sung choruses.
Scapegoat Carnivale’s trilogy of these familiar but rarely performed plays is at the core of this vo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780228017646 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0228017645 |
| Author: | Lynn Kozak |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Imprint: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 498g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Overall, the volume has a great deal to offer to students, general audiences, and practitioners who may be considering staging a Greek tragedy. It is engaging and presents the performance possibilities of tragedy in a way that feels fresh and exciting…[I]t reminds those of us who study these plays as texts that there are many possibilities for performance, and one hopes that this inspires not only discussions about such possibilities, but also more performances.” Phoenix
Lynn Kozak
Lynn Kozak is associate professor in history and classical studies at McGill University.
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