Author: Peter Wilson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191535060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A collection of essays, by leading international scholars, on the history of the Greek theatre, and on the wider context of festival culture in which theatrical activity took place in the Greek world. The emphasis is on the documentary material - inscriptions, archaeological remains and monuments - which provides so much of our 'hard' evidence for the activities of the theatre. Much of the important material discussed here is unknown except to specialists, and these studies offer access to its interpretation to a wider audience. They cover a wide range of time and place, from the earliest days of the Greek theatre to the Roman period, with special emphasis on the neglected Hellenistic period, which is especially rich in documentary evidence.
The Greek Theatre and Festivals
Author: Peter Wilson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191535060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A collection of essays, by leading international scholars, on the history of the Greek theatre, and on the wider context of festival culture in which theatrical activity took place in the Greek world. The emphasis is on the documentary material - inscriptions, archaeological remains and monuments - which provides so much of our 'hard' evidence for the activities of the theatre. Much of the important material discussed here is unknown except to specialists, and these studies offer access to its interpretation to a wider audience. They cover a wide range of time and place, from the earliest days of the Greek theatre to the Roman period, with special emphasis on the neglected Hellenistic period, which is especially rich in documentary evidence.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191535060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A collection of essays, by leading international scholars, on the history of the Greek theatre, and on the wider context of festival culture in which theatrical activity took place in the Greek world. The emphasis is on the documentary material - inscriptions, archaeological remains and monuments - which provides so much of our 'hard' evidence for the activities of the theatre. Much of the important material discussed here is unknown except to specialists, and these studies offer access to its interpretation to a wider audience. They cover a wide range of time and place, from the earliest days of the Greek theatre to the Roman period, with special emphasis on the neglected Hellenistic period, which is especially rich in documentary evidence.
Festival, Comedy and Tragedy
Author: Francisco R Adrados
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900467604X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900467604X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC
Author: Eric Csapo
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311033755X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic, historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major 'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama, dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance and memorialisation.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311033755X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic, historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major 'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama, dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance and memorialisation.
Festival, Comedy and Tragedy
Author: Francisco RodrÃguez Adrados
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004043138
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004043138
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Greek Theatre
Author: Stewart Ross
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN: 9780872265974
Category : Greek drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A history of ancient Greek drama including discussion of the drama competition, Oedipus the King, actors and the chorus, playwrights, and the legacy of Greece.
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN: 9780872265974
Category : Greek drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A history of ancient Greek drama including discussion of the drama competition, Oedipus the King, actors and the chorus, playwrights, and the legacy of Greece.
Roman Festivals in the Greek East
Author: Fritz Graf
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107092116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107092116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.
Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
Author: David Wiles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521865220
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521865220
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances.
Images of the Greek Theatre
Author: Richard Green
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Exploring themes of ancient life and culture. Format is accessile to general readers - students emphasis on archaeological evidence.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Exploring themes of ancient life and culture. Format is accessile to general readers - students emphasis on archaeological evidence.
A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater
Author: Graham Ley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226477614
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Reexamining the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, the author discusses acting technique, scenery, the power and range of the chorus, the use of theatrical space, and parody in their plays. This edition includes notes on ancient mime and puppetry and how to read Greek playtexts as scripts.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226477614
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Reexamining the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, the author discusses acting technique, scenery, the power and range of the chorus, the use of theatrical space, and parody in their plays. This edition includes notes on ancient mime and puppetry and how to read Greek playtexts as scripts.
Greek Drama
Author: Grace Lucile Beede
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greek drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greek drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description