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Bringing Assyria to the Stage

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posted on 2025-02-04, 09:26 authored by Laura Selena Wisnom

The stories of Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal have all the ingredients of epic tragedy. Selena Wisnom has written and staged two plays about these kings and witnessed the power of these narratives to engage people with the world of ancient Assyria. The paper deals with the author’s experiences and the potential for theatre to bring ancient Mesopotamia to new audiences.

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Author affiliation

School of Archaeology and Ancient History

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Published in

Altorientalische Forschungen

Volume

43

Issue

1-2

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

issn

0232-8461

eissn

2196-6761

Copyright date

2016

Available date

2025-02-04

Language

en

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