The Greek Way of Life
MAGINE yourself back in time in some 2500 years. It’s a mild spring day in Athens, and you’re one of a crowd of about 20,000 in the theatre of Dionysus. You notice that the stage is very wide but quite shallow. The actors stand quite still and even at a
distance look larger than human. In the pit in front of the stage is the chorus and in the midst of the chorus the altar of Dionysus reminding us that in Athens the theatre is a sacred place. This is the setting for Greek drama as described by Allan Ruffell in one of his talks on The Greek Way of Life, which are to start from 4YC at 8.30 p-m. on Wednesday, August 4. These talks, which were first broadcast from 2YC, should be of interest to all who listen to the World Theatre production of Oedipus Rex. Starting with a discussion of liberty in ancient Greece, they go on to deal in turn with the position of women, slavery, education, and drama, ending with an assessment of our heritage from Greece.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 20
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187The Greek Way of Life New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 20
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