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The Theater of War: The Theater of War: What Ancient Tragedies Can Teach Us Today
Contributor(s): Doerries, Bryan (Author)
ISBN: 0307949729     ISBN-13: 9780307949721
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
OUR PRICE:   $16.15  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- Psychology | Psychopathology - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)
Dewey: 882.010
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages
 
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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.