Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre

Name: Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre
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ISBN: 9780521542340

ISBN-10: 0521542340

ISBN-13: 9780521542340

Edition: 2006

Authors: Marianne McDonald, J. Michael Walton

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In this series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners, the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world is investigated in details. Beginning with the earliest examples of 'dramatic' presentation in the epic cycles and reaching through to the latter days of the Roman Empire and beyond, the Companion covers many aspects of these broad presentational societies. Dramatic performances that are text-based form only one part of cultures where presentation is a major element of all social and political life. Individual chapters range across a two thousand year timescale, and include specific chapters on acting traditions, masks, properties, playing places, festivals,…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 386
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


A note on transliteration


Introduction




Text in Context



'Telling the tale': a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime




Ancient theatre and performance culture




Religion and drama




The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy




Aristotle's Poetics and ancient dramatic theory




Politics and Aristophanes: watchword 'Caution!'




Comedy and society from Menander to Terence




Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy




The Nature of Performance



Art and theatre in the ancient world




Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome




Playing places: the temporary and the permanent




Chorus and dance in the ancient world




Masks in Greek and Roman theatre




A material world: costume, properties and scenic effects




Commodity: asking the wrong questions




The dramatic legacy of myth: Oedipus in opera, radio, television and film



Playwrights and plays


Glossary of Greek and Latin words and terms


Select bibliography


Index