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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walton, J. Michael, 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
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.