The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre
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A collection of essays on theatre performance in the classical Greek and Roman world 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. List of illustrations
ix
Notes on contributors
xii
A note on transliteration
xvi
Introduction
1(12)
Marianne McDonald
J. Michael Walton
PART I: TEXT IN CONTEXT
`Telling the tale': a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime
13(23)
Mark Griffith
Ancient theatre and performance culture
36(19)
Richard P. Martin
Religion and drama
55(17)
Fritz Graf
The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy
72(20)
Jon Hesk
Aristotle's Poetics and ancient dramatic theory
92(16)
David Wiles
Politics and Aristophanes: watchword `Caution!'
108(16)
Gonda van Steen
Comedy and society from Menander to Terence
124(15)
Sander Goldberg
Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy
139(24)
Hugh Denard
PART II: THE NATURE OF PERFORMANCE
Art and theatre in the ancient world
163(21)
Richard Green
Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome
184(18)
Rush Rehm
Playing places: the temporary and the permanent
202(25)
Richard Beacham
Chorus and dance in the ancient world
227(20)
Yana Zarifi
Masks in Greek and Roman theatre
247(21)
Gregory McCart
A material world: costume, properties and scenic effects
268(18)
Graham Ley
Commodity: asking the wrong questions
286(17)
J. Michael Walton
The dramatic legacy of myth: Oedipus in opera, radio, television and film
303(24)
Marianne McDonald
Playwrights and plays
327(4)
Glossary of Greek and Latin words and terms
331(10)
Select bibliography
341(13)
Index
354
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