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The theatrical cast of Athens interactions between ancient Greek drama and society Edith Hall
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Edith, 1959-
- Series:
- OUP E-Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek drama--History and criticism.
- Greek drama.
- Theater--Greece--Athens--History--To 500.
- Theater.
- Athens (Greece)--Social life and customs.
- Athens (Greece).
- Drama--history.
- Greek World--history.
- Greece.
- Manners and customs.
- Greece--Athens.
- Theater--Greece--Athens.
- Medical Subjects:
- Drama--history.
- Greek World--history.
- Greece.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2006
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- An examination of ancient Greek drama, and its relationship to the society in which it was produced. By focusing on the ways in which the plays treat gender, ethnicity, and class, and on their theatrical conventions, Edith Hall offers an extended study of the Greek theatrical masterpieces within their original social context. - ;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 theatri
- Contents:
- The theatrical roles of Athens
- Childbearing women: birth and family crisis in ancient drama
- Visible women: painted masks and tragic aesthetics
- Horny satyrs and tragic tetralogies
- Female personifications of poetry in old comedy
- Recasting the barbarian
- The Scythian archer in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae
- Drowning act: the Greeks, swimming, and Timotheus' Persians
- Singing roles in tragedy
- Casting the role of Trygaeus in Aristophanes' Peace
- Lawcourt dramas: acting and performance in legal oratory
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-454) and index
- Print version record
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
- Other Format:
- Print version Hall, Edith, 1959- Theatrical cast of Athens
- ISBN:
- 9780191516436
- 0191516430
- 9780191711459
- 0191711454
- 9786610845279
- 6610845271
- 9781280845277
- 1280845279
- OCLC:
- 252671508
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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