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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
December 10, 1979
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520039490
ISBN-10
0520039491
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$12.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Songs of the Kings | Euripides' Medea: Greek Text with Facing Vocabulary and Commentary | What Kind of Creatures Are We? | Bacchae | The Tomb of Agamemnon | How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today | Bacchae and Other Plays
The Songs of the Kings | Euripides' Medea: Greek Text with Facing Vocabulary and Commentary | What Kind of Creatures Are We? | Bacchae | The Tomb of Agamemnon | How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today | Bacchae and Other Plays
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including Aeschylus' agamemnon and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The details of theatrical techniques and stage directions, used by playwrights to highlight key moments, are drawn out and related to the meaning of each play as a whole. With extensive translated quotations, the essential unity of action and speech in Greek tragedy is demonstrated.
Now firmly established as a classic text, Greek Tragedy in Action is even more relevant today, when performances of Greek tragedies and plays inspired by them have had such an extraordinary revival around the world.
Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including Aeschylus' agamemnon and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The details of theatrical techniques and stage directions, used by playwrights to highlight key moments, are drawn out and related to the meaning of each play as a whole. With extensive translated quotations, the essential unity of action and speech in Greek tragedy is demonstrated.
Now firmly established as a classic text, Greek Tragedy in Action is even more relevant today, when performances of Greek tragedies and plays inspired by them have had such an extraordinary revival around the world.
Editions
Hardcover
2 revised edition from Routledge (June 29, 2015)
9781138834200 | details & prices | 232 pages | List price $140.00
Paperback
from Routledge (December 1, 2002)
9780415302517 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $41.95
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Reprint edition from Routledge (December 1, 1994)
9780415043120 | details & prices | 203 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $31.95
About: This book attempts to reinstate the works of Greek Tragedy as plays rather than just texts to be read.
About: This book attempts to reinstate the works of Greek Tragedy as plays rather than just texts to be read.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Univ of California Pr (December 10, 1979)
9780520039490 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Miscellaneous
2 edition from Routledge (October 4, 2003)
9780203083819 | details & prices | 232 pages | List price $31.95
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