Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater PDF Author: Eric Csapo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781444318043
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Book Description
Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors andtheir popular reception from the origins of theater in ClassicalGreece to the Roman Empire Presents a highly original viewpoint into several new andcontested fields of study Offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spreadof theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion oftheater upon actors and dramatic literature Addresses a study of the privatization of theater and revealshow it was driven by political interests Challenges preconceived notions about theater history