Performance Flashcards
Cartiledge “this provides actors and chorus…
“This provides actors and chorus with the alibi and means of alienation required for the dramatic representation of others”
Cartiledge “Organising a festival…
“Organising a festival was on a par with organising the state’s war effort”
Taplin “The chorus acts as…
“The chorus acts as an ‘emotional bridge’ between the audience and the narrator, telling us how was should be feeling/ acting and thus overcoming the limitations of only having 3 actors on stage”
Edith Hall “Slaves, although formally…
“Slaves, although formally powerless can wield enormous power in the world of Tragedy through their access to dangerous knowledge”
Burial “Tragedy is much easier…
“Tragedy is much easier to write than Comedy, in which everything has to be invented afresh”
