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Aeschylus The Oresteia
The Oresteia was, first of all, for the Greeks themselves, simply the most influential play ever written. Its dramatic techniques, narrative development and dense poetry changed the course of Greek and hence European drama. It is the play to which Euripides and Sophocles, the other great surviving playwrights of the fifth century, turned again and again in homage, competition and imitation. From here comes Western theatre.
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Drugs and Theater asks why Shakespeare and his contemporary playwrights were so preoccupied with drugs and poisons and, at a deeper level, why both critics and supporters of the theater, as well as playwrights themselves, so frequently adopted a chemical vocabulary to describe the effects of the theater on audiences. Drawing upon original medical and literary research, Pollard shows that the potency of the link between drugs and plays in the period demonstrates a model of drama radically different than our own, a model in which plays exert a powerful impact on spectators' bodies as well as minds.
The Drama of Coronation: Medieval Ceremony in Early Modern England
The coronation was, and still is, one of the most important ceremonies of an English monarch's reign. Alice Hunt's study assesses the impact of the Reformation on the period's coronation ceremonies, and examines how they were perceived and described by contemporary observers such as courtiers and playwrights.
"Bigsby's study helps fill the void in criticism of contemporary American drama and will be useful as introductions to the playwrights for high school students and college undergraduates." Libraries Unlimited
