Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004

by Edith Hall, Pantelis Michelakis (Editor), Fiona Macintosh

Aeschylus' Agamemnon, the first play in the Oresteia trilogy, is one of the most influential theatrical texts in the global canon. In performance, translation, adaptation, along with sung and danced interpretations, it has been familiar in the Greek world and the Roman empire, and from the Renaissance to the contemporary stage. It has been central to the aesthetic and intellectual avant-garde as well as to radical politics of all complexions and to feminist thinking. Contributors to this interdisciplinary collection of eighteen essays on its performance history include classical scholars, theatre historians, and experts in English and comparative literature. All Greek and Latin has been translated; the book is generously illustrated, and supplemented with the useful research aid of a chronological appendix of performances.

502 pages, Hardcover

First published December 8, 2005

Reviews

[Eve · Rating 4 out of 5]

brilliant book of articles - the last 140 or so pages comprises of a list of performances since 5th century athens into the 2000s, followed by an index and bibliography, references and sources which i will look back over!