Ancient Greece on British television:

Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentary this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greec...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hobden, Fiona (HerausgeberIn), Wrigley, Amanda ca. 20./21. Jh (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Screening antiquity
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Zusammenfassung:Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. Through 10 case studies drawn from television drama, theatre, animation and documentary this collection offers wide-ranging insights into the significance of ancient Greece on British television
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Broadcasting Greece: an introduction to Greek antiquity on the small screen - Fiona Hobden and Amanda Wrigley -- - 1 - Are we the Greeks? understanding antiquity and ourselves in television documentaries - Fiona Hobden -- - 2 - Louis MacNeice and 'The paragins of Hellas': ancient Greece as radio propaganda - Peter Golphin -- - 3 - The beginnings of Civilisation: television travels to Greece with Mortimer Wheeler and Compton Mackenzie - John Wyver -- - 4 - Tragedy for teens: ancient Greek tragedy on BBC and ITV schools television in the 1960s - Amanda Wrigley -- - 5 - The serpent son (1979): a science fiction aesthetic? - Tony Keen -- - 6 - Don Taylor, the 'old-fashioned populist'? The Theban plays (1986) and Iphigenia at Aulis (1990): production choices and audience responses - Lynn Fotheringham -- - 7 - The Odyssey in the 'broom cupboard': Ulysses 31 and Odysseus: The greatest hero of them all on children's BBC, 1985-1986 - Sarah Miles -- - 8 - Greek myth in the Whoniverse - Amanda Potter -- - 9 - The digital aesthetic in 'Atlantis: the evidence' (2010) - Anna Foka -- - 10 - Greece in the making: from intention to practicalities in television documentaries -- a conversation with Michael Scott and David Wilson
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 252 Seiten)
ISBN:9781474412605