Karolos Koun and the Theatro Technis.
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Title
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Karolos Koun and the Theatro Technis.
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Identifier
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AAI9108144
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identifier
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9108144
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Creator
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Maggiar, Michael.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Daniel C. Gerould
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Date
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1990
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Theater
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Abstract
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The purpose of this dissertation is to discuss the reasons that have earned Karolos Koun and the Theatro Technis a lasting reputation in modern Greek theatre. Although the study concentrates on the activities of Koun and the Theatro Technis, a significant portion of its objective is also to place them in the proper perspective within the total picture of post-Byzantine Greek theatre. This has necessitated an introductory chapter that lays the historical fundamentals and charts the most significant theatrical developments in Greece since the fall of Constantinople. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the Vasiliko Theatro and the Nea Skini, two historically significant theatre companies founded in 1901, and a mention of the Karagiozis shadow theatre which occupies a special place in the history of Greek theatre as the first truly native form of drama to emerge in Greece since the country's independence.;Chapter II deals with Koun before the founding of the Theatro Technis. It covers his childhood and adolescence in Constantinople, his early education, his repatriation to Greece, his artistic formative years with the Kolegeio Athinon and the Laiki Skini (1929-1939), and concludes with his emergence and recognition as a director in the professional theatre of Athens (1939-1942).;Chapters III, IV and V concentrate on Koun and his work with the Theatro Technis. Chapter III covers the first phase of the company's existence which ended with the company's dissolution in 1950. Besides providing the necessary historical information regarding the Theatro Technis's early years, this chapter also establishes many of the theoretical and aesthetic principles that led to its creation. Chapter IV opens with a brief discussion of Koun's activities during the interim years, before the company's regroupment in 1954, and then concentrates primarily on Koun's trailblazing work with the now celebrated generation of post World War II Greek playwrights. Chapter V deals with Koun's innovative and sometimes controversial direction of ancient Greek drama particularly during the 1960s when he received international recognition for his imaginative productions of Aristophanes' The Birds and Aeschylus' The Persians.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
