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ISBN: | 0585460701 9780585460703 0203083814 9780203083819 041530251X 1138834203 9781138834200 1134414935 9781134414932 1280401109 9781280401107 9781134414925 1134414927
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Language / Script: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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Notes: | Originally published: London : Methuen, 1978, reprinted with revisions and an updated bibliography, 1985. Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-198) and indexes. Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). English. Print version record.
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Summary: | Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including Aeschylus' agamemnon and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The details of theatrical techniques and stage directions, used by playwrights to highlight key moments, are drawn out and related to the meaning of each play as a whole. With extensive translated quotations, the essential unity of action and speech in Greek tragedy is.
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Other form: | Print version: Taplin, Oliver. Greek tragedy in action. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 041530251X
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