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The author's personal narrative here is not always overly compelling, but the account of the work undertaken is phenomenal. Theatre of War makes an ancient tradition alive and present on military bases, in hospice centers, carceral institutions, homeless shelters, mental health facilities and more, doing exactly what theatre, at it's best, is meant to do- challenge, inspire, heal, create community, and bring us into dialogue and reflection.

I'm a big believer in the power of applied theatre, and was very excited to discover each of these titles in small bookstores as I traveled earlier this year. It feels like they'd be good companion reads so I'm starting now with the tagged book. We'll see where it takes me! #SeeMoreTheatre #DoMoreTheatre #ActOut

Also an awesome audiobook, narrated by Adam Driver (who will hopefully narrate many many more audiobooks) this has a lot of interesting stuff about ancient Greek theater.

I‘m not saying this is a cheerful book to listen to, but it does explore interesting topics that are not often openly discussed. #audiobook #thetheaterofwar #2020readinglog

Although I was bored during the first part of this book where Doerries talks about what lead him to be interested in directing classical tragedy performances for first the military, then prisons, and then hospice workers, I‘m glad I persevered. When he discusses the performances and the reaction of the audiences to them, the book comes alive. This is a consideration for our Common Read program. So glad I‘m on that committee!

My 5 year-old granddaughter is reading my book. 😊❤️

Starting these two today. The tagged book is being considered for next year‘s Common Read.

Hard to put down. The author weaves his own story of grief with analyses of Greek tragedy, as well as the story of how he made a career of staging these plays for audiences of soldiers, hospice workers, and first responders. Makes me want to reread Sophocles. Worth a read!