Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre

Informationen zum Autor Marianne McDonald is Professor of Theatre and Classics at the University of California, San Diego. J. Michael Walton is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Drama at Hull University. Zusammenfassung This 2007 Companion offers a wide-ranging picture of the performance conditions and background of theatre in the classical world from Homer to the end of the Roman Empire. It will be of interest to students of drama and classics! and also readers with an interest in the theatre's history and practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton; Part I. Text in context: 1. 'Telling the tale': a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime Mark Griffith; 2. Ancient theatre and performance culture Richard P. Martin; 3. Religion and drama Fritz Graf; 4. The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy Jon Hesk; 5. Aristotle's Poetics and ancient dramatic theory David Wiles; 6. Politics and Aristophanes: watchword 'caution!' Gonda Van Steen; 7. Comedy and society from Menander to Terence Sander Goldberg; 8. Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy Hugh Denard; Part II. The nature of performance: 9. Art and theatre in the ancient world Richard Green; 10. Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome Rush Rehm; 11. Playing places: the temporary and the permanent Richard Beacham; 12. Chorus and dance in the ancient world Yana Zarifi; 13. Masks in Greek and Roman theatre Greg McCart; 14. A material world: costume, properties and scenic effects Graham Ley; 15. Commodity: asking the wrong questions J. Michael Walton; 16. The dramatic legacy of myth: Oedipus in opera, television and film Marianne McDonald.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marianne Walton Mcdonald, Michael Mcdonald Walton
• Mitarbeit: Marianne Mcdonald (Herausgeber), J. Michael Walton (Herausgeber), Walton Michael (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2007
• EAN: 9780521834568
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83456-8
• Seiten: 386
• Serien: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Ancient Rome, Ancient History