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Looking at Persians

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Aeschylus
ancient Greek
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classics
drama
English translation
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Greek drama
Greek society

Product details

  • ISBN 9781350227927
  • Weight: 460g
  • Dimensions: 146 x 220mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Nov 2022
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Aeschylus’ Persians is unique in being the only extant Greek tragedy on an historical subject: Greece’s victory in 480 BC over the great Persian King, Xerxes, eight years before the play was written and first performed in 472 BC. Looking at Persians examines how Aeschylus responded to such a turning point in Athenian history and how his audience may have reacted to his play. As well as considering the play’s relationship with earlier lost tragedies and discussing its central themes, including war, nature and the value of human life, the volume considers how Persians may have been staged in fifth-century Athens and how it has been performed today.

The twelve essays presented here are written by prominent international academics and offer insightful analyses of the play from the perspectives of performance, history and society. Intended for readers ranging from school students and undergraduates to teachers and those interested in drama (including practitioners), this volume also includes an accurate, accessible and performance-friendly English translation of Persians by David Stuttard.
About
David Stuttard is an independent scholar and Fellow of Goodenough College, UK. He has directed his own translations and adaptations of Greek drama throughout the UK and in classical theatres in Turkey and Albania. He is the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus and has edited six 'Looking at' volumes for Bloomsbury: Agamemnon (2021), Ajax (2019), Antigone (2017), Bacchae (2016), Medea (2014), Lysistrata (2010).