Books (and a piece of advocacy) by C. W. (Toph) Marshall
"Reclaiming the Landscape: 35 things you can do to improve work conditions of contingent faculty"... more "Reclaiming the Landscape: 35 things you can do to improve work conditions of contingent faculty" was part of the 2016 Presidential Panel for the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), delivered on 7 January 2016.
Using Euripides' Helen as the main point of reference, C. W. Marshall's detailed study expands ou... more Using Euripides' Helen as the main point of reference, C. W. Marshall's detailed study expands our understanding of Athenian tragedy and provides new interpretations of how Euripides created meaning in performance. Marshall focuses on dramatic structure to show how assumptions held by the ancient audience shaped meaning in Helen and to demonstrate how Euripides' play draws extensively on the satyr play Proteus, which was part of Aeschylus' Oresteia. Structure is presented not as a theoretical abstraction, but as a crucial component of the experience of performance, working with music, the chorus, and the other plays in the tetralogy. Euripides' Andromeda in particular is shown to have resonances with Helen not previously described. Arguing that the role of the director is key, Marshall shows that the choices a director can make about role doubling, gestures, blocking, humour, and masks play a crucial part in forming the meaning of Helen.
Edited Books by C. W. (Toph) Marshall
Tragedy and Satyr Play by C. W. (Toph) Marshall
Very little is known about the process of theatrical rehearsals in antiquity. Plutarch, De Audien... more Very little is known about the process of theatrical rehearsals in antiquity. Plutarch, De Audiendo 46b, records an anecdote about Euripides training a chorus: Euj ripiv dh~ me; n ou\ n oJ poihthṽ, wJ uJ polev gonto~ auj tou` toi` coreutaiẁ j / dhv n tina pepoihmev nhn ej f∆ aJ rmoniv a~ ei| ej gev lasen, "eij mhv ti~ h\ ajnaiv sqhto~" ei\ pe "kai; aj maqhṽ, ouj k a] n ej j gev lasa~ ej mou` mixoludisti; a[ / donto~." 1 Now when Euripides the poet was teaching his choreuts how to sing an ode composed in a given mode, one of them laughed. He said, "If you weren't insensitive and ignorant, you would not laugh at me singing in the Mixolydian mode."
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Books (and a piece of advocacy) by C. W. (Toph) Marshall
Edited Books by C. W. (Toph) Marshall
Tragedy and Satyr Play by C. W. (Toph) Marshall