ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on how drama and theatre respond to and fare under neoliberalism. It discusses contemporary uses of Attic tragedy: why the Greeks remain relevant, the reception of Classics in present Anglophone cultures, and questions about who has cultural ownership of Greek heritage. The book then analyzes Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu and Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes, both of which critique global north nations for the exertion of financial, political, and cultural authority over the economically weaker nations of the global south. It also examines the politics of family life—or, rather, family financialization—in Marina Carr's By the Bog of Cats. The book discusses Yael Farber's Molora, an adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia and argues that through adaptation and the blending of different performance traditions, Farber's play models an effective use of the cultural commons to build cosmopolitan unity.
