ΟΛΓΑ ΤΑΞΙΔΟΥ

Dr Olga Taxidou PhD

Professor of Drama at the University of Edinburgh and author. Her main teaching and research interests lie in the general field of performance theory, with particular interest in modernism and performance and theories of tragedy. She has adapted and translated classical greek plays and is the author of several books including: The Mask: A Periodical Performance by Edward Gordon Craig (1998); Tragedy, Modernity and Mourning (2004) and Modernism and Performance: Jarry to Brecht (2007).