Classical Greek theatre : new views of an old subject / / Clifford Ashby
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| Autore: |
Ashby Clifford
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| Titolo: |
Classical Greek theatre : new views of an old subject / / Clifford Ashby
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, c1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 792.0938 |
| 792/.0938 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Theater - Greece - History - To 500 |
| Theaters - Greece - History - To 1500 | |
| Theater - Production and direction - Greece - History - To 1500 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Classical Greek theatre |
| ISBN: | 1-58729-268-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814792903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies Theatre Hist & Culture