Author: Ellen McLaughlin
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
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Author: Ellen McLaughlin
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
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Author: Katherine Pankow
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Published in 2011, Ellen McLaughlin0́9s Ajax in Iraq conflates the story of the mythical Greek warrior Ajax, and A.J., a modern American female soldier in Iraq. This contemporary tragedy with Greek roots was produced at the University of Florida in November of 2012, and directed by Dr. David Young. In this production, I played the role of A.J. This paper documents my creative process through rehearsals and production. This document is broken into three main sections, bookended by an introduction and conclusion. The first section is a textual analysis of the script, which provides a context and summary of the text, and a discussion of its development by the playwright. The second section is a documentation of my creative process in the rehearsal period, focusing specifically on the use of physicality to access the character, but also touching on other rehearsal explorations. The third section is an evaluation and discussion of the role in performance.

Author: Lindsey Mantoan
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319943677
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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This book examines performance in the context of the 2003 Iraq War and subsequent conflicts with Daesh, or the so-called Islamic State. Working within a theater and performance studies lens, it analyzes adaptations of Greek tragedy, documentary theater, political performances by the Bush administration, protest performances, satiric news television programs, and post-apocalyptic narratives in popular culture. By considering performance across genre and media, War as Performance offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, warfare, and militarization, and argues that spectacular and banal aesthetics of contemporary war positions performance as a practice struggling to distance itself from appropriation by the military for violent ends. Contemporary warfare has infiltrated our narratives to such an extent that it holds performance hostage. As lines between the military and performance weaken, this book analyzes how performance responds to and potentially shapes war and conflict in the new century.

Author: Bryan Doerries
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307949729
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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For years theater director Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient Greek tragedies for a wide range of at-risk people in society. His is the personal and deeply passionate story of a life devoted to reclaiming the timeless power of an ancient artistic tradition to comfort the afflicted. Doerries leads an innovative public health project—Theater of War—that produces ancient dramas for current and returned soldiers, people in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse, tornado and hurricane survivors, and more. Tracing a path that links the personal to the artistic to the social and back again, Doerries shows us how suffering and healing are part of a timeless process in which dialogue and empathy are inextricably linked. The originality and generosity of Doerries’s work is startling, and The Theater of War—wholly unsentimental, but intensely felt and emotionally engaging—is a humane, knowledgeable, and accessible book that will both inspire and enlighten.

Author: Kenneth Pollack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476733937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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Examines Iran's current nuclear potential while charting America's future course of action, recounting the prolonged clash between both nations to outline options for American policymakers.

Author: Timothy V. Dugan
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476628351
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 431

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Ajax, the archetypal Greek warrior, has over the years been trivialized as a peripheral character in the classics through Hollywood representations, and by the use of his name on household cleaning products. Examining a broad range of sources--from film, art and literature to advertising and sports--this study of the "Bulwark of the Achaeans" and his mythological image redefines his presence in Western culture, revealing him as the predominant voice in The Iliad and in myriad works across the classical canon.

Author: Silvia Speriani
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111450465
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable ‘points of reception’. Part 1 looks at how, and from where, and with what effects, the epic and tragic figure of Ajax is constructed and re-defined in archaic and classical Greece. Part 2 moves on to Roman Ajax(es), evaluating how he is used in and by Latin literature as a tool for window-references and innovation, and for reflecting on national identity and cultural categories. Part 3 discusses various ways in which the myth of Ajax, especially in its Sophoclean version, has been translated into theatrical, psychological, and philosophical discussions. This is not an attempt to look for Ajax’s true nature (an ill-posed question in itself). Nor is it a claim to evaluate Ajax’s features as if they could be placed on a straight evolutionary line (they never can be). On the contrary, the volume provides a multiform and interconnected ensemble of relevant patterns, always particularly situated, and constantly changing.

Author: Ellen McLaughlin
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9781559369916
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A follow-up volume to McLaughlin's The Greek Plays, this is a striking collection of modern adaptations inspired by classic Greek texts.

Author: Helene P. Foley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520283872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.