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Author Macintosh, Fiona, 1959- author.

Title Performing epic or telling tales / Fiona Macintosh and Justine McConnell
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 157 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Summary From spoken word to ballet, ancient Greek and Roman epics regularly provide both the subjects and the form for emergent and seasoned theatre makers. This volume examines the 'why' of this epic turn, exploring not only the translation and scholarly histories of the epics, but also earlier performance traditions and recent theoretical debates
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 03, 2020)
Subject Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
Greek drama -- History and criticism
Performing arts -- Greece -- History and criticism
Oral communication -- Greece -- History and criticism
Performing arts
Oral communication
Greek drama
Epic poetry, Greek
Dramatic criticism
Theater
Greece
Genre/Form Theater reviews
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Theater reviews.
Comptes rendus de théâtre.
Form Electronic book
Author McConnell, Justine, author.
ISBN 9780191881664
019188166X
9780192585783
0192585789