The Faber Pocket Guide to Greek and Roman Drama - Softcover

John Burgess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571219063 ISBN 13: 9780571219063

Publisher: Gardners Books, 2005

Synopsis

This refreshingly accessible guide contains synopses and detailed commentary on 40 plays by all the major dramatists - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence and Seneca - and advice about the best translations. The addition of playwright biographies, together with a survey of the ancient theatre and its social and political background, make this an indispensable resource for the theatregoer, student and general reader.

About this title

About the Author:

John Burgess is a freelance director and lives in London. He worked for fourteen years at the National Theatre where he directed works from the classical, romantic and modern repertoires as well as many new plays. He helped found the NT Studio in 1984 and was the National Theatre's Head of New Writing 1989-94. He has directed abroad in Switzerland, Scandinavia and North America. He is the author of The Faber Pocket Guide to Greek and Roman Drama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gardners Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571219063
• ISBN 13: 9780571219063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416