Last Scene of All: Representing Death on the Western Stage

Death in classical tragedy is an ending: a symbolic moment of catharsis, read by the audience according to theatrical and cultural tradition. Yet any stage death is also a non-ending: just one in a series of repeated (re)presentations, by an actor who will live (and die) again. Spanning six centuries and seven countries, this study considers how different dramatic authors have engaged with this tension, examining the representation of death as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781886865
• ISBN13: 9781781886861
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Legenda
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"