Series | Lexis Supplements
Edited book | Classic and Contemporary Agamemnon
Chapter | L’Orestea nel nuovo millennio: il re-enactment di Milo Rau

L’Orestea nel nuovo millennio: il re-enactment di Milo Rau

This paper deals first with 20th century prominent performances and rewritings of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, focusing especially on their clear political potential: it analyses then Milo Rau’s poetics, which brilliantly combines empathy and estrangement; and finally offers a close reading of Rau’s Orestes in Mosul, which highlights the contamination between myth and reality, video and acting, classical text and political re-enactment.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 18, 2022 | Accepted: May 8, 2022 | Published: Dec. 13, 2022 | Language: it

Keywords Re-enactment Reception Political theatre Estrangement Empathy


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