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Greek Tragedy and Its American Choruses in Open Air Theaters from 1991 to 2014: The Cases of Gorilla Theatre Productions and The Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon

Streeter, Joshua Aaron
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155534000939454

Abstract Details

2019, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Theatre.
Classicists and theater scholars have long identified the chorus as a “problem” for modern directors of Greek tragedies, a recurring label which Billings, Budelmann, and Macintosh (2013) argue stems from 19th century German Idealism. This inquiry identifies the components of this “problem” and studies the solutions offered by two American theater companies: a) Gorilla Theatre Productions founded and headed by Artistic Director David Brisco Luby from 1991 to 2014 and b) The Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon originally headed by director and adaptor Keith Scales, 1993 to 2008. Using photographs, video recordings, statements by the directors, and critical performance reviews this inquiry details how the tragic chorus was realized by American theater companies for American audiences from 1991 to 2014.
Stratos Constantinidis (Advisor)
Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Committee Member)
146 p.
Theater
Greek drama; Greek tragedy; Greek theater; Greek chorus; American Theater; Modern performances of Greek drama

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  • Streeter, J. A. (2019). Greek Tragedy and Its American Choruses in Open Air Theaters from 1991 to 2014: The Cases of Gorilla Theatre Productions and The Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155534000939454

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Streeter, Joshua. Greek Tragedy and Its American Choruses in Open Air Theaters from 1991 to 2014: The Cases of Gorilla Theatre Productions and The Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon . 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155534000939454.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Streeter, Joshua. "Greek Tragedy and Its American Choruses in Open Air Theaters from 1991 to 2014: The Cases of Gorilla Theatre Productions and The Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155534000939454

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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