02775nam 22005534a 450 991045129720332120200520144314.01-280-76453-80-19-151320-21-4294-6991-9(CKB)1000000000410256(EBL)431213(OCoLC)137238288(SSID)ssj0000125352(PQKBManifestationID)11141329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125352(PQKBWorkID)10026449(PQKB)11780318(MiAaPQ)EBC431213(Au-PeEL)EBL431213(CaPaEBR)ebr10167522(CaONFJC)MIL76453(EXLCZ)99100000000041025620060921d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComic business[electronic resource] theatricality, dramatic technique, and performance contexts of Aristophanic comedy /Martin RevermannOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (419 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-815271-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-364) and indexes.Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; PART I. ISSUES; 1. Comic Business; 2. Performance Criticism: Point and Methods; 3. Two Fundamental Problems; 4. Applying Performance Criticism; PART II. THREE PLAYS; 5. Clouds; 6. Lysistrata; 7. Wealth; APPENDICES; A: Comic Business in Aristophanes' Rivals; B: Authorial Stage Directions in Ancient Dramatic Texts?; C: Who was the Second Version of Clouds Written for?; D: Performance Time; References; Indexes; Index of Passages; General IndexCombining textual analysis with semiotic approaches developed in Theatre Studies, this book looks at Aristophanic comedy not as texts to be read but as scripts intended and designed for performance. It allies close discussion of selected plays and scenes with broader questions of genre, textual authenticity, and re-performance. - ;Comic Business situates Aristophanic comedy in the context of competitive (re)performance culture in 5th- and 4th-century Greece. It seeks to illuminate how the dazzling busyness of Aristophanic comedy is the creation of a carefully manipulating craftsman trying to oTheaterGreeceHistoryTo 500Electronic books.TheaterHistory882/.01Revermann Martin599786MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451297203321Comic business1021573UNINA