03265nam 2200649 a 450 991045118390332120200520144314.097866108452791-280-84527-90-19-151643-0(CKB)1000000000406271(EBL)430911(OCoLC)252671508(SSID)ssj0000257804(PQKBManifestationID)11209722(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257804(PQKBWorkID)10253678(PQKB)11063453(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072605(MiAaPQ)EBC430911(Au-PeEL)EBL430911(CaPaEBR)ebr10271719(CaONFJC)MIL84527(EXLCZ)99100000000040627120070315d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe theatrical cast of Athens[electronic resource] interactions between ancient Greek drama and society /Edith HallOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (494 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171145-4 0-19-929889-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [400]-454) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Theatrical Roles of Athens; 3. Childbearing Women: Birth and Family Crisis in Ancient Drama; 4. Visible Women: Painted Masks and Tragic Aesthetics; 5. Horny Satyrs and Tragic Tetralogies; 6. Female Personifications of Poetry in Old Comedy; 7. Recasting the Barbarian; 8. The Scythian Archer in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae; 9. Drowning Act: The Greeks, Swimming, and Timotheus' Persians; 10. Singing Roles in Tragedy; 11. Casting the role of Trygaeus in Aristophanes' Peace12. Lawcourt Dramas: Acting and Performance in Legal OratoryAfterword; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; ZAn examination of ancient Greek drama, and its relationship to the society in which it was produced. By focusing on the ways in which the plays treat gender, ethnicity, and class, and on their theatrical conventions, Edith Hall offers an extended study of the Greek theatrical masterpieces within their original social context. - ;In this pioneering study Edith Hall explores the numerous different ways in which we can understand the relationship between the real, social world in which the Athenians lived and the theatrical roles that they invented. In twelve studies of role types and the theatriGreek dramaHistory and criticismTheaterGreeceAthensHistoryTo 500Athens (Greece)Social life and customsElectronic books.Greek dramaHistory and criticism.TheaterHistory792.0938792.09385882.01Hall Edith1959-283486MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451183903321The theatrical cast of Athens2110877UNINA