The Greek sense of theatre : tragedy and comedy reviewed /
In The Greek Sense of Theatre, J. Michael Walton proposes that we consider Greek tragedy of the fifth century BC as performance-based, with a visual emphasis overlooked in much classical scholarship. Greek plays have survived as written texts, virtually without stage direction, and because the condi...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- ProagĂ´n
- Prologue
- Part I: The Athenians and their Theatre
- The Critic
- The Playgoers
- The Stage
- The Performers
- Part II: The Playmakers: Tragedy
- Aeschylus
- Sophocles
- Euripides: the tragedies
- Euripides: the comedies
- Part III: The Playmakers: Comedy
- Old Comedy: Aristophanes
- New Comedy: Menander
- Epilogue
- Select bibliography
- Index.