Comic business : theatricality, dramatic technique, and performance contexts of Aristophanic comedy / Martin Revermann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Revermann, Martin, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.

Aristophanes.

Theater--Greece--History--To 500.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Comic Business' situates Aristophanic comedy in the context of competitive (re)performance culture in 5th and 4th century Greece. It seeks to illuminate how the dazzling busyness of Aristophanic comedy is the creation of a carefully manipulating craftsman trying to outdo his rivals in the fierce competition of dramatic festivals.

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; PART I. ISSUES; 1. Comic Business; 2. Performance Criticism: Point and Methods; 3. Two Fundamental Problems; 4. Applying Performance Criticism; PART II. THREE PLAYS; 5. Clouds; 6. Lysistrata; 7. Wealth; APPENDICES; A: Comic Business in Aristophanes' Rivals; B: Authorial Stage Directions in Ancient Dramatic Texts?; C: Who was the Second Version of Clouds Written for?; D: Performance Time; References; Indexes; Index of Passages; General Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [338]-364) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-00642-3

1-280-76453-8

0-19-151320-2

1-4294-6991-9

OCLC:

137238288