The Women of Troy (Modern Plays) de Euripides

Euripides

Don Taylor

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2007

An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them.
Euripides' great anti-war tragedy is published in Don Taylor's translation to coincide with the National Theatre's production directed by Katie Mitchell in the Lyttelton auditorium.
This edition of the play features an introduction by the translator setting the play in its historical and dramaturgical context.

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Cuprins

ChronologyCommentary1. Synopsis of the Trojan War: a) timeline and key peopleb) representation in ancient Greek literature c) myth versus history debate 2. Introduction to Euripides, the play and the City Dionysia theatre festival where Euripides' plays were first performed: a) his relation to Aeschylus and Sophoclesb) his status and success in antiquityc) trademark dramaturgical qualities of Euripides' playsd) transmission history of Euripides' plays3. Original performance context including:a) the institution of the City Dionysia and the physical space of the Theatre of Dionysusb) performance conventions of Greek tragedy, including the mask and chorusc) the individuals involved in producing and staging Greek drama in the C5th 4. Socio-political context including:a) an introduction to the Peloponnesian War b) an overview of the Sack of Melos in 416 BCEc) an overview of debates regarding whether Euripides may have had time to be influenced by the Sack of Melos, and how this backdrop may have informed the audience's reading of the play5. Modern reception history of the play including:a) trends in the written translation and adaptationb) modern performance history, including 6 key productions across a range of geographical locations and on a variety of scales. Focuses on contribution of directors, designers and performersc) Don Taylor's translation in performance (Katie Mitchell's production at the Royal National Theatre, 2007)PLAY TEXTFurther readingNotes

Recenzii

The play itself is an astonishing document. Written shortly after the Athenians had butchered the men and enslaved the women of the Sparta-aligned island of Melos, it was filled with a subversive topicality. Euripides focuses on the sufferings of the Trojan Hecuba, Cassandra and Andromache in the aftermath of their city's fall. But the play was clearly intended as a conscience-provoking metaphor about the arrogance of power and the hideous aftermath of war, and it doesn't take much imagination to see it as directly applicable to our own times.