The main tendencies of Aeschylus's "Persians" on the modern stage

Authors

  • Salome Joglidze Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Keywords:

Aeschylus, Persians, theatrical adaptation

Abstract

In this paper I tried to analyze five performances of Aeschylus’s “The Per-

sians” of XX and XXI centuries (Karolos Koun, Greece-1966, Kristof Shrot,

Germany-1991, Martin Wuttke, Germany-2003, Peter Sellers, America-1957,

Dimitris Lignadis, Greece-2020) accordance with their historical context. The

comparison of these examples shows the consecutive and interesting tendencies of staging “The Persians” during XX and XXI centuries. As we can see, political problems, anti-militarism and self-criticism were the main issues for the directors to recall the oldest preserved ancent drama. Back to Greece and recent history, the ancent texst gets the new and extensive global meaning of unity, solidarity and empathy for the world during the pandemic period.

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Published

2021-06-09

How to Cite

Joglidze, S. (2021). The main tendencies of Aeschylus’s "Persians" on the modern stage . Logos, 7, 232–254. Retrieved from https://logos.tsu.ge/index.php/logos/article/view/3975

Issue

Vol. 7 (2021): LOGOS. The Annual of Greek and Roman Studies

Section

Papers