The theater of war : what ancient Greek tragedies can teach us today /
Doerries, Bryan,
The theater of war : what ancient Greek tragedies can teach us today / Bryan Doerries - First Vintage Books edition - 284 pages ; 21 cm
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2015" -- Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references
Prologue -- Learning through suffering -- PTSD is from BC -- American Ajax -- Prometheus in solitary -- Heracles in hospice -- Epilogue
This is the personal and deeply passionate story of a life devoted to reclaiming the timeless power of an ancient artistic tradition in order to comfort the afflicted. For years, theater director Bryan Doerries has led an innovative public health project that produces ancient tragedies for current and returned soldiers, addicts, tornado and hurricane survivors, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society. The Theater of War is a humane, knowledgeable, and accessible book that will both inspire and enlighten. Tracing a path that links the personal to the artistic to the social and back again, Doerries shows us how suffering and healing are part of a timeless process in which dialogue and empathy are inextricably linked
9780307949721 0307949729
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism
War in literature
Drama--Therapeutic use
Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation
Healing in art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA3136 / .D65 2016
882/.0109
The theater of war : what ancient Greek tragedies can teach us today / Bryan Doerries - First Vintage Books edition - 284 pages ; 21 cm
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2015" -- Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references
Prologue -- Learning through suffering -- PTSD is from BC -- American Ajax -- Prometheus in solitary -- Heracles in hospice -- Epilogue
This is the personal and deeply passionate story of a life devoted to reclaiming the timeless power of an ancient artistic tradition in order to comfort the afflicted. For years, theater director Bryan Doerries has led an innovative public health project that produces ancient tragedies for current and returned soldiers, addicts, tornado and hurricane survivors, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society. The Theater of War is a humane, knowledgeable, and accessible book that will both inspire and enlighten. Tracing a path that links the personal to the artistic to the social and back again, Doerries shows us how suffering and healing are part of a timeless process in which dialogue and empathy are inextricably linked
9780307949721 0307949729
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism
War in literature
Drama--Therapeutic use
Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation
Healing in art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA3136 / .D65 2016
882/.0109