The Cambridge companion to Greek and Roman theatre

Cambridge University Press

2007

XVI, 365 p.

Cambridge companions to literature

9780521834568

Introduction / Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton --'Telling the tale' : a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime / Mark Griffith --Ancient theatre and performance culture / Richard P. Martin --Religion and drama / Fritz Graf --The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy / Jon Hesk --Aristotle's Poetics and ancient dramatic theory / David Wiles --Politics and Aristophanes : watchword 'caution!' / Gonda Van Steen --Comedy and society from Menander to Terence / Sander Goldberg --Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy / Hugh Denard --Art and theatre in the ancient world / Richard Green --Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome / Rush Rehm --Playing places : the temporary and the permanent / Richard Beacham --Chorus and dance in the ancient world / Yana Zarifi --Masks in Greek and Roman theatre / Gregory McCart --A material world : costume, properties and scenic effects / Graham Ley --Commodity : asking the wrong questions / J. Michael Walton --The dramatic legacy of myth : Oedipus in opera, radio, television and film / Marianne McDonald --Playwrights and plays --Glossary of Greek and Latin words and terms.

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