Seneca in Performance
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The plays of Seneca the Younger, minister and philosopher under Nero, are today increasingly studied, appreciated - and performed. Here, in a collection of papers from an international cast, scholars explore both established questions, such as the playwright's subtleties of characterisation, his relation to contemporary Roman spectacle and art - and the problems arising in translating him to modern text or stage.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Seneca on the Ancient Stage
1. Playing Seneca? - John G. Fitch
2. Production of Seneca's Trojan Women, Ancient and Modern - Elaine Fantham
3. Location! Location! Location! Choral Absence and Theatrical Space in the Troades - C.W. Marshall
4. Nothing Within Which Passeth Show: Character and Color in Senecan Tragedy - Brian S. Hook
Contemporary Roman Social Influences on Seneca
5. A New Look at Seneca's Phaedra - Hanna M. Roisman
6. The Spectacle of Death in Seneca's Troades - Jo-Ann Shelton
7. Grotesque Vision: Seneca's Tragedies and Neronian Art - Eric R. Varner
8. Semper Ego Auditor Tantum?: Performance and Physical Setting of Seneca's Plays - George W.M. Harrison
Modern Translation and Staging
9. Seneca and Chaucer: Translating Both Poetry and Sense - Frederick Ahl
10. Seneca's Trojan Women: Identity and Survival in the Aftermath of War - Gyllian Raby
11. Putting Andromacha on Stage: A Performer's Perspective - Katharina Volk
12. Going for Baroque: Seneca and the English - Sander M. Goldberg
Bibliography
Index
Seneca on the Ancient Stage
1. Playing Seneca? - John G. Fitch
2. Production of Seneca's Trojan Women, Ancient and Modern - Elaine Fantham
3. Location! Location! Location! Choral Absence and Theatrical Space in the Troades - C.W. Marshall
4. Nothing Within Which Passeth Show: Character and Color in Senecan Tragedy - Brian S. Hook
Contemporary Roman Social Influences on Seneca
5. A New Look at Seneca's Phaedra - Hanna M. Roisman
6. The Spectacle of Death in Seneca's Troades - Jo-Ann Shelton
7. Grotesque Vision: Seneca's Tragedies and Neronian Art - Eric R. Varner
8. Semper Ego Auditor Tantum?: Performance and Physical Setting of Seneca's Plays - George W.M. Harrison
Modern Translation and Staging
9. Seneca and Chaucer: Translating Both Poetry and Sense - Frederick Ahl
10. Seneca's Trojan Women: Identity and Survival in the Aftermath of War - Gyllian Raby
11. Putting Andromacha on Stage: A Performer's Perspective - Katharina Volk
12. Going for Baroque: Seneca and the English - Sander M. Goldberg
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781914535345 |
| Imprint | Classical Press of Wales |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | The Classical Press of Wales |