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Actors and icons of the ancient theater /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Csapo, Eric
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Subjects:
Acting > History > To 1500.
Theater > Greece > History > To 500.
Theater > History > To 500.
Theater > Rome.
Actors > Greece.
Actors > Rome.
Table of Contents:
  • A portrait of the artist I : theater-realistic art in Athens, 500-330 BC
  • A portrait of the artist II : theater-realistic art in the Greek west, 400-300 BC
  • The spread of theater and the rise of the actor
  • Kallippides on the floor sweepings : the limits of realism in classical acting
  • Cooking with Menander : slices from the ancient home entertainment industry?
  • The politics of privatization : a short history of the privatization of drama from classical Athens to early imperial Rome.