Voci di prigioniere : drammaturgia corale come espressività del tragico

VOICES FROM CAPTIVE WOMEN : CHORAL DRAMA AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE TRAGIC ESSENCE Euripides’ play Trojan Women was first performed in Athens in 415 b.C. The tragedy represents the poor destiny of the Trojan women, who survived the disasters of war and whose destiny is to serve as mistress for Greek leaders. It’s a choral tragedy, where the pain sentiment is shared by characters and chorus, by individuals and community, and this represents the real essence of tragic. Shortly before World War I, Franz Werfel, Expressionist author, continues and remakes Euripides’ drama, and published it in 1915. In this remake the chorus gains a very important role, due to the enhancement of rhytmic and musical elements, and plays on the modern stage the most archaic attribute of the tragic form.