A cultural history of theatre in antiquity / edited by Martin Revermann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Revermann, Martin, editor.

Series:

Cultural History of Theatre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Theater.

Theater--Rome--History--To 500.

Theater and society--Greece.

Theater and society.

Theater and society--Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Contents:

Introduction: cultural history and the theatres of antiquity / Martin Revermann

Institutional frameworks: enabling the theatrical event

Martin Revermann

Social functions? making the case for a functionless theatre / Sean Gurd

Sexuality and gender: off-stage and centre-stage / Ian Ruffell

The environment of theatre: experiencing place in the ancient world / David Wiles

Circulation: theatre as mobile political, economic and cultural capital / Patrick Hadley

Interpretations: the stage and its interpretive communities / Martin Revermann

Communities of production: pied pipers and how to pay them; or, the variegated finance of ancient theatre / Jane Lightfoot

Genres: drama and its many unhappy returns / Donald Sells

Technologies of performance: machines, props, dramaturgy / Peter Von Möllendorff ; (translated from German by Martin Revermann)

Knowledge transmission: ancient archives and repertoires / Johanna Hanink.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781474208123 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.