Séance commune du séminaire Espaces, villes et sociétés et Cultures anciennes et temporalités
Intervention de Christina Papastamati-von Moock (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports)
Répondants : Richard Bouchon (Lyon 2, HiSoMA) et Anne-Sophie Noel (ENS Lyon, HiSoMA)
- vendredi 22 novembre 2024 - de 14h à 17h - amphithéâtre Roubier - Lyon 3 - 15 quai Claude Bernard 69007 / et en visioconférence (ZOOM)
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The confrontation of modern theatre companies with the numerous challenges of ancient drama and especially of 5th century BC tragedy in Athens has turned the interest of researchers towards the reappraisal of the parameters of their staged realization in the Athenian theatre, for which they were written. Apart from the stage indications drawn from the few relevant dramatic texts that have survived, research has always stumbled on the very conflicting interpretations of the meagre archaeological remains attributed to the ‘theatre of the Great Tragic Dramatists’. New archaeological investigations of the Athenian theatre in recent years, as part of the work to preserve its remains, have shed new light on many issues of its spatial, architectural and functional development. Particular emphasis has been placed on the central issue of the form and function of the classical stage, on which so much ink has been spilled and so many contradictory reconstructions have been proposed, with the result that the scenic relevance of the dramatic and architectural space constitutes a major challenge.