A cultural history of theatre. In antiquity. Volume 1 / edited by Martin Revermann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Revermann, Martin, editor.

Series:

A Cultural History of Theatre ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages).

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, [2017]

Summary:

Theatre was at the very heart of culture in Graeco-Roman civilizations and its influence permeated across social and class boundaries. The theatrical genres of tragedy, comedy, satyr play, mime and pantomime operate in Antiquity alongside the conception of theatre as both an entertainment for the masses and a vehicle for intellectual, political and artistic expression. Drawing together contributions from scholars in Classics and Theatre Studies, this volume uniquely examines the Greek and Roman cultural spheres in conjunction with one another rather than in isolation. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350135291

1350135291

9781350135307

1350135305