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Theatrical performance is the most ephemeral of arts. Once a production closes, the living work of art disappears. Fortunately, some productions leave behind enough evidence to reconstruct in words and pictures what a performance was like and to conjecture what the audience saw and heard. Between 1889 and 1995 in America, productions of Sophocles' Electra became the project of some of the most significant directors, actresses, and producers of their day. In reconstructing eleven major productions, this book seeks to accomplish two goals: first, to preserve, albeit in imperfect written form, the productions themselves; and, second, by tracing the history of Electra's production, to highlight some of the most pivotal figures in the development of American theater, including several key women often neglected by theater historians. Along the way, for those who celebrate Greek tragedy in production, this book will allow the reader to sit vicariously in the audience and enjoy seven Electra productions on the American stage.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary reference works

• Full title: Electra USA
• Subtitle: American Stagings of Sophocles' Tragedy
• Author: E. Teresa Choate
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 292
• EAN: 9781611474169
• ISBN: 1611474167
• ID: 05091742
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Weight: 558 g
• Dimensions: 247 × 164 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2009

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