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A book of value to students and teachers of the history of performance in ancient Athens and to the many of us today who believe that the study of history and historiography must go hand-in-hand. --Gary Jay Williams, Catholic University of America

A book of value to students and teachers of the history of performance in ancient Athens and to the many of us today who believe that the study of history and historiography must go hand-in-hand. --Gary Jay Williams, Catholic University of America This is a salutary book that reminds us that nearly everything we think we know about the practicalities of the ancient Greek theatre can crumble under rigorous questioning. Even then, Powers is brave enough to test the exposed interrogations out on the staging and interpretation of Euripides's Bacchae. All those interested in the staging of Greek tragedy will find their ideas sharpened by this wide-ranging critique. --Oliver Taplin, University of Oxford

A book of value to students and teachers of the history of performance in ancient Athens and to the many of us today who believe that the study of history and historiography must go hand-in-hand. Gary Jay Williams, Catholic University of America

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Melinda Powers lives in New York City, where she is an assistant professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Combining her interests in historiography, performance theory, and ancient and contemporary theatre, she has published articles on the adaptation and production of ancient Greek drama. Athenian Tragedy in Performance is her first book.

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