The Greek Theatre and Festivals

The Greek Theatre and Festivals
Title The Greek Theatre and Festivals PDF eBook
Author Peter Wilson
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 456
Release 2007-06-14
Genre History
ISBN 0191535060

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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.

Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC

Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC
Title Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC PDF eBook
Author Eric Csapo
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 590
Release 2014-06-18
Genre History
ISBN 311033755X

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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.

Greek Theatre

Greek Theatre
Title Greek Theatre PDF eBook
Author Stewart Ross
Publisher Peter Bedrick Books
Pages 0
Release 1999
Genre Greek drama
ISBN 9780872265974

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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.

Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy

Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
Title Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy PDF eBook
Author David Wiles
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 25
Release 2007-08-09
Genre Drama
ISBN 0521865220

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A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances.

A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater

A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater
Title A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater PDF eBook
Author Graham Ley
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 141
Release 2006
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0226477614

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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.

Roman Festivals in the Greek East

Roman Festivals in the Greek East
Title Roman Festivals in the Greek East PDF eBook
Author Fritz Graf
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 381
Release 2015-11-05
Genre History
ISBN 1107092116

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This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.

Greek Theatre in Context

Greek Theatre in Context
Title Greek Theatre in Context PDF eBook
Author Eric Dugdale
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 0
Release 2008-07-24
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780521689427

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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. This book offers a valuable guide to Greek theatre. It presents a broad selection of key ancient sources, both visual and literary, about all aspects of performance - including actors, masks, stage props and choral dancing - as well as scenes from the plays themselves that offer insights into their staging, plots, and reception. The dramatic brilliance of playwrights such as Sophocles, Aristophanes and Menander is brought to the fore by helpful commentary that provides a framework for the interpretation of Greek drama, fleshes out its cultural contexts, and invites students to consider a range of provocative questions.