Punchdrunk on the Classics

Emma Cole is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, Australia; previously, she was Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Classics at the University of Bristol. She is a classicist and a theatre historian and is an expert on Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre. Her previous book, Postdramatic Tragedies, was published in 2019.

• Chapter 1: Introducing The Burnt City and beyond.- Chapter 2: Punchdrunk on the Classics: A History.- Chapter 3: The Burnt City in Development: Rehearsal as Mythopoiesis.- Chapter 4: The Burnt City in Development: Abstracting Ancient Literature.- Chapter 5: The Burnt City in Performance: Place, Space, and Experience.- Chapter 6: The Burnt City’s Legacy: Immersivity, Mimesis, and Enargeia.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.