Last year we were thrilled to welcome Amnon Kabatchnik to Omnimystery News, when he told us more about his "Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection" series, the 4th volume of which had just been published.
Today we're pleased to announce that a "prequel" is now available, examining over 50 plays from ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, and Elizabethean England, in …
Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem by Amnon Kabatchnik
An Annotated Repertoire
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
More about this book, below …
As any theater lover knows, depicting acts of wrong-doing is not a recent phenomenon. The stark, violent plays of Seneca in ancient Rome were followed by liturgical dramas of the Dark Ages that drew on both the Old and New Testaments. The golden age of Elizabethan drama boasted masterful plays drenched with treachery, bloodshed, and horror.
Beginning with masterpieces like Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Medea by Euripides, this volume spans centuries of equally compelling dramas such as The Haunted House (200 B.C.), Phaedra (c. 60 A.D.), and The Killing of Abel (mid-15th century). Later works include Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, as well as several plays by Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, notably The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Hamlet.
The plays in this book are arranged in chronological order and include plot synopses, biographical sketches of playwrights and actors, details about productions, and critical reception, if available. From the killing of Abel by his brother Cain to Hamlet’s revenge of his father’s murder, this volume provides a critical overview of some of the most significant dramatizations of criminal behavior.
— Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem by Amnon Kabatchnik
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