Acting Greek Tragedy

With a strong interest in the performance of ancient Greek tragedy, Graham Ley’s short text explores the dynamics of physical interaction between performers and of the dramaturgical construction of scenes.

Acting Greek Tragedy explores the dynamics of physical interaction and the dramaturgical construction of scenes in ancient Greek tragedy. Ley argues that spatial distinctions between ancient and modern theatres are not significant, as core dramatic energy can be placed successfully in either context.
Guiding commentary on selected passages from Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides illuminates the problems involved with performing monologue, dialogue, scenes requiring three actors, and scenes with properties. A companion website - actinggreektragedy.com - offers recorded illustrations of scenes from the Workshops.
What the book offers is a practical approach to the preparation of Greek scripts for performance. The translations used have all been tested in workshops, with those of Euripides newly composed for this book.

The companion website can be found here: actinggreektragedy.com

Preface
Introduction
First Workshop: Monologues
Second Workshop: Dialogues
Third Workshop: Three-actor Scenes
Fourth Workshop: Properties
Last Thoughts: Looking Back, and Forwards
Thanks
Notes on the Recordings
Index of Greek names and characters
General Index