{"product_id":"9780715636398","title":"Performance and Cure Drama and Healing in Ancient Greece and Contemporary America","description":"\u003ch3\u003eClassical Inter\/Faces\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePerformance and Cure\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDrama and Healing in Ancient Greece and Contemporary America\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKarelisa V. Hartigan | Susanna Braund | Paul Cartledge\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating addition to the \u003ci\u003eClassical Inter\/faces\u003c\/i\u003e series, Karelisa V. Hartigan suggests that drama was regularly performed in the theatres built within or adjacent to the ancient sanctuaries of Asklepios. She argues that a pageant which showed the enactment of the god healing prompted the dream therapy the patient experienced at the sanctuary. Patients who viewed this drama were ready to receive the nightly ministrations of the deity, his attendants and his animals while they slept in the dormitory at the Asklepieion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo support her thesis, Hartigan discusses the mind-body relationship in the healing process, a relationship the medical profession is beginning to recognize. She concludes by presenting first-hand material based on her experience doing Playback Theatre for patients at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. In performing improvisational scenes at bedside or in a community space, she has witnessed how the mini-dramas lift the patients' spirits and offer them hope for a successful outcome to their illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eKarelisa V. Hartigan is Professor Emerita of Classics at the University of Florida, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMuse on Madison Avenue: Classical Myth in Contemporary Advertising\u003c\/i\u003e (2002),\u003ci\u003e Greek Tragedy on the American Stage\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eAmbiguity \u0026amp; Self-Deception: The Apollo \u0026amp; Artemis Plays of Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003eThe Poets and the Cities\u003c\/i\u003e (1979).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 May 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780715636398\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370036789388,"sku":"9780715636398","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780715636398","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}