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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780168503321

Autore

Ashby Clifford

Titolo

Classical Greek theatre [[electronic resource] ] : new views of an old subject / / Clifford Ashby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, c1999

ISBN

1-58729-268-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Studies Theatre Hist & Culture

Disciplina

792.0938

792/.0938

Soggetti

Theater - Greece - History - To 500

Theaters - Greece - History - To 1500

Theater - Production and direction - Greece - History - To 1500

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 (p. [181]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Limits of Evidence I: The Writings; 2. The Limits of Evidence II: Physical Remains; 3. The Shape of the Orchestra: A History and Critique; 4. Where Was the Altar?; 5. The Scene House: The Dithyramb, Found Space, and the "Royal" Door; 6. Stage Machinery; 7. The Orientation of Greek Theatres; 8. Dawn Performances: Three Days in a Row?; 9. Ramifications of the Three-Actor Rule; 10. Validation by Authority: Margarete Bieber's Comparisons of Hellenistic and Roman Theatres; 11. Validation by Repetition: The Menander Reliefs

12. Validation (and Discovery) by Experiment: Producing a Three-Actor IonBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many dogmas regarding Greek theatre were established by researchers  who lacked experience in the mounting of theatrical productions. In his  wide-ranging and provocative study, Clifford Ashby, a theatre historian  trained in the practical processes of play production as well as the  methods of historical research, takes advantage of his understanding of  technical elements to approach his ancient subject from a new  perspective. In doing so he challenges many long-held views.Archaeological and written sources relating to Greek classical  theatre are diverse, scattered, and disc