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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139485403321

Autore

Csapo Eric

Titolo

Actors and icons of the ancient theater [[electronic resource] /] / Eric Csapo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-282-48327-7

9786612483271

1-4443-1803-9

1-4443-1804-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

792.02/80938

792.0280938

Soggetti

Acting - History - To 1500

Theater - Greece - History - To 500

Theater - History - To 500

Theater - Rome

Actors - Greece

Actors - Rome

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 A Portrait of the Artist I: Theater-Realistic Art in Athens, 500-330 bc; 2 A Portrait of the Artist II: Theater-Realistic Art in the Greek West, 400-300 bc; 3 The Spread of Theater and the Rise of the Actor; 4 Kallippides on the Floor Sweepings: The Limits of Realism in Classical Acting; 5 Cooking with Menander: Slices from the Ancient Home Entertainment Industry?; 6 The Politics of Privatization: A Short History of the Privatization of Drama from Classical Athens to Early Imperial Rome

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the



Roman EmpirePresents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of studyOffers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion of theater upon actors and dramatic literatureAddresses a study of the privatization of theater and reveals how it was driven by political interestsChallenges preconceived notions about theater history