The Theatrical Cast of Athens

Interactions between Ancient Greek Drama and Society

AvEdith Hall,Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford) Hall, Edith (Professor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Co-Director

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-10-12
Mått:140 x 220 x 30 mm
Vikt:830 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:494
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199298891

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

...the papers are so interesting to follow and offer so many juxtapositions and ideas as they proceed, they are both enjoyable and valuable

Innehållsförteckning

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