Greeks and Romans on the Latin American Stage (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1. Staging the European Classical in 'Latin' America: An Introduction Rosa Andujar, King's College London, UK and Konstantinos Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph's University, USA I. Southern Cone 2. From Epic to Tragedy: Theatre and Politics in Juan Cruz Varela's Dido Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph's University, USA 3. Leopoldo Marechal's Antigona Velez: Rewriting Greek Tragedy as a Foundation Myth in Peronist Argentina Brenda Lopez Saiz, University of Chile, Chile 4. Juan Radrigan's Medea Mapuche: Recreating Euripides' Revenge Tragedy in an Indigenous Chilean Context Irmtrud Konig, University of Chile, Chile 5. Philoctetes and Medea in Contemporary Chilean Theatre Carolina Brncic, University of Chile, Chile II. Brazil 6. A God Slept Here by Guilherme Figueiredo: A Radical Modernist Amphitruo from Brazil Rodrigo Tadeu Goncalves, University of Parana, Brazil 7. Guilherme Figueiredo, Amphitryon, and the Widow of Ephesus: Linking Plautus and Petronius Tiziana Ragno, University of Foggia, Italy 8. Electra's Turn to the Dark Side: Nelson Rodrigues' Senhora dos Afogados Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, New Zealand 9. Becoming Antigone: The Classics as a Model of Resistance in Jorge Andrade's Pedreira das Almas Seth A. Jeppesen, Brigham Young University, USA III. The Caribbean and North America 10. Distorting the Lysistrata Paradigm in Puerto Rico: Francisco Arrivi's Club de Solteros Rosa Andujar, King's College London, UK 11. Challenging the Canon in the Dominican Republic: Lisistrata odia la politica by Franklin Dominguez Katherine Ford, East Carolina University, USA 12. Aeschylus and the Cuban Counter-Revolution Jacques Bromberg, University of Pittsburgh, USA 13. The Contest between Creolite and Classics in Patrick Chamoiseau's Stage Plays Justine McConnell, King's College London, UK 14. Dismantling the Anthropological Machine: Feliks Moriso-Lewa's Antigon and Luis Alfaro's Electricidad Tom Hawkins, Ohio State University, USA 15. Antigone Undead: Tragedy and Biopolitics in Perla de la Rosa's Antigona: las voces que incendian el desierto Jesse Weiner, Hamilton College, USA Notes Bibliography Index