The theatrical cast of Athens : interactions between ancient Greek drama and society /

An examination of ancient Greek drama, and its relationship to the society in which it was produced. By focusing on the ways in which the plays treat gender, ethnicity, and class, and on their theatrical conventions, Edith Hall offers an extended study of the Greek theatrical masterpieces within the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, Edith, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
To 500
Greek drama > History and criticism.
Theater > Greece > Athens > History > To 500.
Théâtre grec > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre > Grèce > Athènes > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Greek drama
Manners and customs
Theater
Athens (Greece) > Social life and customs.
Athènes (Grèce) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Greece > Athens
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The theatrical roles of Athens
  • Childbearing women: birth and family crisis in ancient drama
  • Visible women: painted masks and tragic aesthetics
  • Horny satyrs and tragic tetralogies
  • Female personifications of poetry in old comedy
  • Recasting the barbarian
  • The Scythian archer in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae
  • Drowning act: the Greeks, swimming, and Timotheus' Persians
  • Singing roles in tragedy
  • Casting the role of Trygaeus in Aristophanes' Peace
  • Lawcourt dramas: acting and performance in legal oratory.

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