The author examines the social setting and function of Ancient Greek theatre through 1000 years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, Green draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material. This includes cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines, as well as elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy.
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'This is throughout a learned and well-documented discussion.' - Keith Sidwell, Classics Ireland
'Another important book on ancient drama in performance is J R Green's Theatre in Ancient Greek Society ... It is a book that all who interpret dramatic text should read ...' - Greece & Rome
'Green's book deserves a wide audience, and anyone with an interest in theatre as cultural and social history would do well to consult this exemplary study.' - Theatre Research International --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'Another important book on ancient drama in performance is J R Green's Theatre in Ancient Greek Society ... It is a book that all who interpret dramatic text should read ...' - Greece & Rome
'Green's book deserves a wide audience, and anyone with an interest in theatre as cultural and social history would do well to consult this exemplary study.' - Theatre Research International --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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J.R. Green is in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney, Australia.
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To our eyes and ears Greek tragedies seem complex in both structure and thought, yet the establishment of the genre happened almost unbelievably quickly. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
representing comedy, slave mask, slave seated, theatrical motifs, phlyax vases, comic slave, theatrical material, comic chorus, comic theatre, terracotta figurines, grave relief, comic masks, traditional theatre, mask types, dramatic illusion, later fifth century Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Hellenistic, New Comedy, Middle Comedy, South Italy, Pronomos Vase, Asia Minor, Late Hellenistic, New York, British Museum, Black Sea, City Dionysia, Old Comedy, Athenian Agora, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Middle Hellenistic, Old Greece, Theatre of Marcellus, North Africa, Paul Getty Museum, Petit Palais, Central Italy, Late Antiquity, National Museum, Rural Dionysia New!
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To our eyes and ears Greek tragedies seem complex in both structure and thought, yet the establishment of the genre happened almost unbelievably quickly. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
representing comedy, slave mask, slave seated, theatrical motifs, phlyax vases, comic slave, theatrical material, comic chorus, comic theatre, terracotta figurines, grave relief, comic masks, traditional theatre, mask types, dramatic illusion, later fifth century Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Hellenistic, New Comedy, Middle Comedy, South Italy, Pronomos Vase, Asia Minor, Late Hellenistic, New York, British Museum, Black Sea, City Dionysia, Old Comedy, Athenian Agora, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Middle Hellenistic, Old Greece, Theatre of Marcellus, North Africa, Paul Getty Museum, Petit Palais, Central Italy, Late Antiquity, National Museum, Rural Dionysia New!
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- Studies in Later Greek Comedy by Thomas B. L. Webster in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Greek Tragedy: Modern Essays in Criticism by Erich Segal in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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