Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds and Frogs

by: Hall, E. Wrigley, A.

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 Acknowledgements ix
List of Illustrations
x
List of Contributors
xvi
Introduction: Aristophanic Laughter across the Centuries
1 (30)
Edith Hall
PART I: PRECEDENTS
31 (62)
The Ups and Downs of Aristophanic Travel
32 (20)
Ewen Bowie
Aristophanes in Early Modern England
52 (14)
Matthew Steggle
The English-Speaking Aristophanes, 1650-1914
66 (27)
Edith Hall
PART II: EXCURSUS: PUBLICATION AS PERFORMANCE
93 (42)
Publication as Intervention: Aristophanes in 1659
94 (12)
Rosie Wyles
Revolutionary Aristophanes?
106 (11)
Charalampos Orfanos
Aristophanes' Wealth and Dalpatram's Lakshmi
117 (18)
Phiroze Vasunia
PART III: REVIVAL TO REPERTOIRE
135 (96)
Aristophanes Revitalized! Music and Spectacle on the Academic Stage
136 (19)
Amanda Wrigley
From Scandal to Success Story: Aristophanes' Birds as Staged by Karolos Koun
155 (24)
Gonda Van Steen
The Use of Masks in Koun's Stage Interpretations of Birds, Frogs, and Peace
179 (15)
Angeliki Varakis
`Aristophanes is Back!' Peter Hacks's Adaptation of Peace
194 (15)
Bernd Seidensticker
Sondheim Floats Frogs
209 (22)
Mary-Kay Gamel
PART IV: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
231 (112)
Freeing Aristophanes in South Africa: From High Culture to Contemporary Satire
232 (15)
Betine Van Zyl Smit
Aristophanes' Peace on the Twentieth-Century French Stage: From Political Statement to Artistic Failure
247 (8)
Malika Bastin-Hammou
Poetry and Politics, Advice and Abuse: The Aristophanic Chorus on the Italian Stage
255 (12)
Martina Treu
A Poet without `Gravity': Aristophanes on the Italian Stage
267 (9)
Francesca Schironi
A Version of The Birds in Two Productions
276 (11)
Sean O'Brien
Translating/Transposing Aristophanes
287 (22)
Michael Silk
Aristophanes in Translation before 1920
309 (34)
Vasiliki Giannopoulou
Bibliography 343 (34)
Index 377

Subjects:
Aristophanes
Aristophanes Comedies Congresses
Aristophanes Criticism and interpretation Congresses
Aristophanes Influence Congresses
Aristophanes v445-v385
Aristophanes. Congresses
Aristòfanes, aproximadament 450 aC-aproximadament 385 aC Crítica i interpretació
Aristòfanes, aproximadament 450 aC-aproximadament 385 aC Influència
Aufführung
Aves
Birds (Aristophanes)
Comédie grecque Histoire et critique Congrès
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Frogs (Aristophanes)
Geschichte 421 v. Chr.-2007
Greek drama (Comedy)
Greek drama (Comedy) History and criticism Congresses
Greek drama Modern presentation
Humorous plays
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Komödie
Kongress Oxford 2004
Oxford <2004>
Pax
Peace (Aristophanes)
Ranae
Theater Production and direction
Théâtre Production et mise en scène
Théâtre grec Production et mise en scène modernes
Tragèdia grega Adaptacions S. XX
Αριστοφάνης, π. 446-385 π.Χ
Αριστοφάνης, π. 446-385 π.Χ Επιδράσεις Συνέδρια
Αριστοφάνης, π. 446-385 π.Χ Κριτική και ερμηνεία Συνέδρια
Αριστοφάνης, π. 446-385 π.Χ Σκηνική ιστορία Συνέδρια
Αριστοφάνης, π. 446-385 π.Χ. Συνέδρια

xix, 390 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Based on a conference "Aristophanes upstairs and downstairs: Peace, Birds and Frogs in ancient and modern performance", held at Magdalen College, Oxford, 16-18 September 2004

Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds and Frogs

by: Hall, E. Wrigley, A.

• ISBN-13: 9781904350613 / 978-1-904350-61-3
• ISBN-03: 1904350615 / 1-904350-61-5
• Legenda, London, 2007

Price: 89,00 EURO

(in stock)