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The Theater of War: What Ancient Tragedies Can Teach Us Today

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by Bryan Doerries
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Bryan DoerriesPublish date:2016-08-23Pages:304
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307949721ISBN-10:307949729UPC:9780307949721Book Category:Philosophy, Drama, PsychologyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Ancient & Classical, PsychopathologyBook Topic:Ancient & Classical, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Size:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCF5CJCR0A

For years theater director Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient Greek tragedies for a wide range of at-risk people in society. His is the personal and deeply passionate story of a life devoted to reclaiming the timeless power of an ancient artistic tradition to comfort the afflicted.

Doerries leads an innovative public health project--Theater of War--that produces ancient dramas for current and returned soldiers, people in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse, tornado and hurricane survivors, and more. Tracing a path that links the personal to the artistic to the social and back again, Doerries shows us how suffering and healing are part of a timeless process in which dialogue and empathy are inextricably linked.

The originality and generosity of Doerries's work is startling, and The Theater of War--wholly unsentimental, but intensely felt and emotionally engaging--is a humane, knowledgeable, and accessible book that will both inspire and enlighten.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307949721ISBN-10:307949729UPC:9780307949721Book Category:Philosophy, Drama, PsychologyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Ancient & Classical, PsychopathologyBook Topic:Ancient & Classical, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Size:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCF5CJCR0A
BRYAN DOERRIES is a New York-based writer, director, and translator who currently serves as Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions, a company that presents dramatic readings of seminal plays and texts to frame community conversations about pressing issues of public health and social justice. A self-described evangelist for ancient stories and their relevance to our lives today, Doerries uses age-old approaches to help individuals and communities heal from trauma and loss. He is the author of a memoir, The Theater of War What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today; All That You've Seen Here Is God, four plays by Aeschylus and Sophocles; and The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan, a graphic novelization of Homer's Odyssey, told from the point of view of a US Marine returning home from Afghanistan. Among his awards, he has received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Kenyon College and was named Public Artist in Residence for the City of New York.

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Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

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