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Zusatztext This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between Greek tragedy and society Informationen zum Autor Edith Hall is Professor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Co-Director, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford. Klappentext In this pioneering study Edith Hall explores the numerous different ways in which we can understand the relationship between the real, social world in which the Athenians lived and the theatrical roles that they invented. In twelve studies of role types and the theatrical conventions that contributed to their creation - including women in childbirth, drowning barbarians, horny satyrs, allegorical representations of Comedy, peasant farmers, tragic masks, and solo sung arias - she advances the argument that the interface between ancient Greek drama and social reality must be understood as a complicated and incessant process of mutual cross-pollination. Zusammenfassung 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 their original social context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Theatrical Roles of Athens 3: Childbearing Women: Birth and Family Crisis in Ancient Drama 4: Visible Women: Painted Masks and Tragic Aesthetics 5: Horny Satyrs and Tragic Tetralogies 6: Metapoetic Females in Old Comedy 7: Recasting the Barbarian 8: The Scythian Archer in Aristohanes' `Thesmophoriazusae' 9: Drowning Act: The Greeks, Swimming, and Timotheus' `Persians' 10: Singing Roles in Tragedy 11: Casting the Role of Trygaeus in Aristophanes' `Peace' 12: Lawcourt Dramas: Acting and Performance in Legal Oratory Afterword ...
