Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater
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ISBN-13:
9781118782880
Veröffentl:
2014
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.01.2014
Seiten:
248
Autor:
Eric Csapo
Gewicht:
320 g
Format:
228x151x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire* Presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study* Offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion of theater upon actors and dramatic literature* Addresses a study of the privatization of theater and reveals how it was driven by political interests* Challenges preconceived notions about theater history
List of illustrations viPreface viiiList of abbreviations xiii1 A Portrait of the Artist I: Theater-Realistic Art in Athens, 500-330 BC 12 A Portrait of the Artist II: Theater-Realistic Art in the Greek West, 400-300 BC 383 The Spread of Theater and the Rise of the Actor 834 Kallippides on the Floor Sweepings: The Limits of Realism in Classical Acting 1175 Cooking with Menander: Slices from the Ancient Home Entertainment Industry? 1406 The Politics of Privatization: A Short History of the Privatization of Drama from Classical Athens to Early Imperial Rome 168Bibliography 205Index 227
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