RegionGreek Tragic Theatre
By Rush Rehm
- Price: $41.95
- Binding/Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-11894-1
- Publish Date: September 29th 1994
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 184 pages
Series: Theatre Production Studies
Description
Emphasizing the political nature of Greek tragedy, as theatre of, by and for the polis, Rush Rehm characterizes Athens as a performance culture; one in which the theatre stood alongside other public forums as a place to confront matters of import. In treating the various social, religious and practical aspects of tragic production, he shows how these elements promoted a vision of the theatre as integral to the life of the city - a theatre focussed on the audience.