Theatre of the Condemned: Classical Tragedy on Greek Prison Islands

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A study of the productions of classical tragedies staged by political prisoners of the Greek Civil War, focusing on the interpretation the detainees gave to their productions and the rationale behind specific readings. The book includes the text of an adaptation of Antigone, written by Aris Alexandrou, one of the prisoners. acprof-9780199572885-miscMatter-1 Title Pages Gonda Van Steen Title Pages (p.i) Classical Presences (p.ii) Classical Presences (p.iii) Theatre of the Condemned Title Pages Title Pages acprof-9780199572885-miscMatter-5 Dedication Gonda Van Steen Dedication acprof-9780199572885-miscMatter-7 (p.ix) List of Figures Gonda Van Steen (p.ix) List of Figures acprof-9780199572885-miscMatter-8 (p.x) Acknowledgements Gonda Van Steen (p.x) Acknowledgements (p.x) Acknowledgements (p.x) Acknowledgements (p.x) Acknowledgements acprof-9780199572885-miscMatter-9 (p.xiv) A Note on Translations and Transliterations Gonda Van Steen (p.xiv) A Note on Translations and Transliterations acprof-9780199572885-chapter-1 Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Gonda Van Steen Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords Preface Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island The ‘Archipelago of Punishment’:1 The Historical Context to the Productions of Ancient Greek Drama on the Greek Prison Islands of the 1940S and 1950S Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island The Cultural Phenomenon of Theatre on the Prison Islands—Some Reservations Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Sources and Methodological Issues Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Preview of Chapters Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Notes: Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island Introduction: Collectivity within the Confines of an Island acprof-9780199572885-chapter-2 Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Gonda Van Steen Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Theatre Selections on Makronisos, from January 1948 through the Spring of 1950 Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives When or on Which Occasions Did the Prisoner Productions Take Place? A Leftist Genealogy of Revolution and Resistance Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives From Which Traditions Could the Theatre of the Prison Islands Draw? Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Theatre on Aï Stratis, from Christmas 1950 through the Camp's Closure in 1962 Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Why Did Theatre Work on the Prison Islands? Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives (p.62) Conclusion Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Notes: Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives Selections, Occasions, Origins, and Objectives acprof-9780199572885-chapter-3 Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Gonda Van Steen Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Sophocles' Antigone on Makronisos, 29 August and 6 October 1948 Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ The Besieged Free: Sophocles' Philoctetes on Makronisos, Summer 1948 Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Place, Time, and Theatrics on No Man's Island Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ The Lie of the Land: Speech, Text, and Theatre as Prison Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Theatre as Tyranny, Theatre as Torture Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Conclusion Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Notes: Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ Makronisos: Island of the ‘Greek Inventors of Barbarian Evils’ acprof-9780199572885-chapter-4 Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Gonda Van Steen Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Antigone and Adult Education Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? (p.114) Prometheus: Forbidden Drama, Unforgotten Experience Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? The Prometheus of Nonrepentance Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? The Leftist Prometheus Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Conclusion Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Notes: Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? Female Prisoners Learning (in) Defiance: What's Playing on Trikeri? acprof-9780199572885-chapter-5 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 Gonda Van Steen The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 ‘We Put up Theatres…Wherever we Happen to Find Ourselves’ The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Persians on Aï Stratis: A Popular Success and a Signature Play The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Persians of the National Theatre and Cold War Persians The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 Cold War Tragedy, Made in Greece: A Postscript The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 Notes: The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 The Prison and the Past as Theatre: Aeschylus' Persians on Aï Stratis, September 1951 acprof-9780199572885-chapter-6 ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Gonda Van Steen ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Aris Alexandrou, the Usual Suspect ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Cast Away Acts ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Act One: The Nazi Occupation and Antigone Agony ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou (p.163) Intermezzo Act Two: The Civil War: History Repeating Itself ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Alexandrou's Antigone in 2003: Audience Reaction to Arditti's Production ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Conclusion ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou Notes: ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou ‘Suspect always like the truth’: The Antigone of Aris Alexandrou acprof-9780199572885-chapter-7 Alexandrou's Antigone Gonda Van Steen Alexandrou's Antigone Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΠΡΑΞΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone (p.176) ΣΚΗΝΗ ΤΡΙΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΕΚΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΕΒΔΟΜΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΟΓΔΟΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΕΝΑΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΔΕΚΑΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΙΝΤΕΡΜΕΤΖΟ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗ ΠΡΑΞΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΤΡΙΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΕΚΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΕΒΔΟΜΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΟΓΔΟΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone ΣΚΗΝΗ ΕΝΑΤΗ Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone Alexandrou's Antigone acprof-9780199572885-chapter-8 Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Gonda Van Steen Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Gonda Van Steen Antigone Act One Scene One Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Two Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English (p.243) Scene Three Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Four Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Five Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Six Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Seven Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone 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Translated into English Scene Six Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Seven Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Eight Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Scene Nine Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Alexandrou's Antigone Translated into English Notes: acprof-9780199572885-chapter-9 Conclusion Gonda Van Steen Conclusion Gonda Van Steen Abstract and Keywords When Life Rivals Art, When Life in 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