Modern Greek Theatre | Theodore Grammatas

Cultural Consciousness and Theatrical Creation in Postwar Modern Greek Theatre: The “Hellenism Syndrom” phase

The search for cultural identity is an ever-lasting demand for the Greek dramatology.

During the post-war years the presence of this search is intensive, and the variety of its forms and versions depends each time on the specific historical and social conditions.

On the basis of this quest for theatrical and, furthermore, cultural consciousness, and on condition that the theatre consists of the production of an objective reality on stage, we proceed to the analysis of our subject.

May 19, 2021 • Modern Greek Theatre, Theatre History • Views: 48

Modern Greek Drama and Theatre in the Crisis Period Mnemonic Flashback of the Past as a Defence Mechanism in the Present

At the beginning of the 21^st century, Greece has been caught in the vortex of a great economic, social, cultural and political turbulence, which has upturned its smooth European course and has brought about radical changes in the attitude, ideology and economic situation of the Greek citizens. After the international financial crisis between the years 2007-09 and since 2010, Greece has been involved in an unprecedented vortex of economic asphyxiation, great Depression and fiscal austerity, which was and is still being experienced by the Greeks as a multi-level and polynomial crisis (Helliwell, Layard& Sachs 2013). Continue Reading

October 28, 2019 • Modern Greek Theatre, Theatre History • Views: 1109

Ancient Greek Drama on Modern Greek Stage. Theatrical Tradition and Cultural Memory

The first efforts for stage productions of ancient Greek drama, and tragedy mainly, begin during the Age of Enlightenment, when Greece is not an independent nation yet. They are connected with the efforts of forming a national consciousness and return to the ancestral heritage (Branchfeld 1962: 341-349). With the creation of an independent Greek nation in 1830, ancient dramas are produced more frequent, always associated with linguistic and ideological demands of the times. Continue Reading

November 3, 2018 • Ancient Drama, Modern Greek Theatre, Theory of Theatre • Views: 6945

The Greek Society during the period of crisis. The role of History as a mechanism of repelling the present

As the beginning of the 21st cenutury, Greece has been caught in the vortex of great economic, social, cultural and political turbulence, which has upturned its smooth European course and has brought about radical changes in the attitude, ideology and economic situation of the Greek citizens. Continue Reading

December 14, 2015 • Modern Greek Theatre • Views: 2204