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 The GTSC (Greek Tragedy Study Club, University of Tokyo) edited and published, after each performance, a journal in Japanese: <Girisha Higeki Kenkyu> (= Greek Tragedy Studies).

Greek Tragedy Studies (in A5 size)
No.1: Special feature: Oedipus Tyrannus, , 2+92 pages, 25 November 1958
No.2: Special feature: Antigone, 3+130 pages, November 1959
No.3: Special feature: Prometheus Bound, 5+122 pages, 1st December 1960
No.4: Special feature: Agamemnon, 6+154 pages, 15 December 1961
No.5: Special feature: Philoctetes, 8+108 pages, 15 July 1963.

* Each volume of the journal contains the performance script, in addition to several related papers contributed by members and supporters. The No.4 contains also a music score of Chorus (the Parodos-part of Agamemnon) and the No.5, the following Chorus parts (of Philoctetes) : Parodos, Epeisodion I, Stasimon I, Commos I, Epodos & Commos II.
* Each volume was published in 1,000 copies and distributed for JPY100 to JPY150 per copy. Publication costs were covered by the admission fee for the performance.
* The Greek Tragedy Studies was issued only up to No. 5.

The recent publication: To the Very Echo (Tokyo 2019)

To the Very Echo

Book jacket:Aeschylus “Agamemnon”, 2nd June 1958, Hibiya outdoor Amphitheatre, Tokyo, Japan.

Title To the Very Echo
Subtitle Performances of Greek Tragedy by the <GTSC>:
Greek Tragedy Study Club, University of Tokyo
Publication date 22nd March 2019
Publisher Ronsosha, Tokyo Japan ( ronso.co.jp )
Editors Mitsuya Mori & Atsuko Hosoi
Price JPY2,000 (excl. tax)
ISBN 978-4-8460-1798-9
Pages 246 pages
Format 127x187 mm
Bookbinding Soft cover
Editors & authors M. Mori: prof. em. Seijo Univ. & A. Hosoi: prof. em. Seikei Univ.
M. Kubo: prof. em. Univ. of Tokyo, the 24th President of Japan Academy
S. Nakajima: film-director, ex-prof. Osaka University of Arts
Y. Hosoi: prof. em. Univ. of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo.

Title:TO THE VERY ECHO

Performances of Greek Tragedy by:

Greek Tragedy Study Club, University of Tokyo

Table of contents

Photos of the 11 performances (1958~1970)
Preface:

Mitsuya MORI

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Fourteen Years (1957~1970) of the <GTSC>:

= Greek Tragedy Study Club, University of Tokyo


Yusuke HOSOI

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I. Lectures:
To the Very Echo [on Oedipus Coloneus]
From the GTSC to Film World
Ancient Cry and Modern Silence

Masaaki KUBO
Sadao NAKAJIMA
Mitsuya MORI

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II. Round-table:
Recollections of the activities of the GTSC :
Beginning
The 1st performance - Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus
Members of “the 2nd generation”
2nd performance - Sophocles, Antigone
3rd - Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
4th - Aeschylus, Agamemnon
5th - Sophocles, Philoctetes
6th - Euripides, Troades and after:7th - Euripides, Heracles;
8th - Aeschylus, Persae and 9th - Euripides, Bacchae
The last two performances: 10th - Aeschylus, Suppliants;
11th - Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes

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Documents (ed. by A. Hosoi):
I. List of the 11 Performances
II. Staff, Cast & Theatre
III. Performance Brochure
IV. Performance Balance Report
V. Tables of Contents : Journal < Girisha Higeki Kenkyû >vols. 1~5
VI. Related Documents
VII. Members and Collaborators

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Post-Script : Atsuko HOSOI 237