Euripides our contemporary. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J. Michael Walton.
• Other Names: Walton, J. Michael, 1939-
• Contents: Introduction --- 1. Domesticating Tragedy. 1. Playmaker and Image-Breaker -- 2. The Family Saga: Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigeneia at Aulis -- 3. Women and Men: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus -- 4. The Comic Touch: Cyclops, Ion, Orestes, Electra, Bacchae, Children of Heracles, Helen --- II. Powerful Forces: The Grand Passions. 5. War and the Military: Rhesus, Trojan Women, Suppliants, Iphigeneia at Aulis -- 6. Revenge: Electra, Hecuba, Children of Heracles, Andromache, Medea -- 7. Immortals and Mortals: Alcestis, Iphigeneia Among the Taurians, Electra, Rhesus, Ion, Hippolytus, Bacchae -- 8. Sanity, Madness and Responsibility: Orestes, Heracles, Bacchae, Electra --- III. Theatre Theatrical. 9. Playing the Game: Illusion and Reality: Hecuba, Suppliants, Ion, Rhesus, Helen, Bacchae -- 10. Great Roles: Medea, Alcestis, Heracles, Hippolytus, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Hecuba, Electra, Helen, Bacchae -- 11. Heirs to the Legacy: Shaw, Strindberg, Brecht, Pirandello, Anouilh, Sondheim, Frisch --- Appendix: A plot summary of all nineteen surviving plays.
• Publisher Details: London : Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Subjects: 882/.01; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Tragedy; DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Tragedy; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408143926; 1408143925
• Related ISBNs: 9781408112045; 1408112043
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.