The Cambridge companion to Greek and Roman theatre /
This collection of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton
- 'Telling the tale' : a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime / Mark Griffith
- Ancient theatre and performance culture / Richard P. Martin
- Religion and drama / Fritz Graf
- The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy / Jon Hesk
- Aristotle's Poetics and ancient dramatic theory / David Wiles
- Politics and Aristophanes : watchword 'caution!' / Gonda Van Steen
- Comedy and society from Menander to Terence / Sander Goldberg
- Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy / Hugh Denard
- Art and theatre in the ancient world / Richard Green
- Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome / Rush Rehm
- Playing places : the temporary and the permanent / Richard Beacham
- Chorus and dance in the ancient world / Yana Zarifi
- Masks in Greek and Roman theatre / Gregory McCart
- A material world : costume, properties and scenic effects / Graham Ley
- Commodity : asking the wrong questions / J. Michael Walton
- The dramatic legacy of myth : Oedipus in opera, radio, television and film / Marianne McDonald
- Playwrights and plays
- Glossary of Greek and Latin words and terms.