Emphasizing the political nature of Greek tragedy, as theatre of, by and for the polis, Rush Rehm characterizes Athens as a performance culture; one in which the theatre stood alongside other public forums as a place to confront matters of import. In treating the various social, religious and practical aspects of tragic production, he shows how these elements promoted a vision of the theatre as integral to the life of the city - a theatre focussed on the audience.
Rush Rehm is Head of the Acting Program and Assistant Professor of Drama at Stanford University. As an actor and director, he has worked professionally on Greek tragedies and other classical plays in Australia, Europe and the United States.