Theatre in Ancient Greek Society
Title | Theatre in Ancient Greek Society PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Green |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 262 |
Release | 2013-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134968809 |
In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy. This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
Theatre in Ancient Greek Society
Title | Theatre in Ancient Greek Society PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Green |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2013-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134968736 |
In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy. This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
Theatre in Ancient Greek Society
Title | Theatre in Ancient Greek Society PDF eBook |
Author | John Richard Green |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 262 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780415143592 |
An examination of the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history, drawing evidence from a wide range of archaeological material.
Theater of the People
Title | Theater of the People PDF eBook |
Author | David Kawalko Roselli |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 303 |
Release | 2011-06-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0292744773 |
Greek drama has been subject to ongoing textual and historical interpretation, but surprisingly little scholarship has examined the people who composed the theater audiences in Athens. Typically, scholars have presupposed an audience of Athenian male citizens viewing dramas created exclusively for themselves—a model that reduces theater to little more than a medium for propaganda. Women's theater attendance remains controversial, and little attention has been paid to the social class and ethnicity of the spectators. Whose theater was it? Producing the first book-length work on the subject, David Kawalko Roselli draws on archaeological and epigraphic evidence, economic and social history, performance studies, and ancient stories about the theater to offer a wide-ranging study that addresses the contested authority of audiences and their historical constitution. Space, money, the rise of the theater industry, and broader social forces emerge as key factors in this analysis. In repopulating audiences with foreigners, slaves, women, and the poor, this book challenges the basis of orthodox interpretations of Greek drama and places the politically and socially marginal at the heart of the theater. Featuring an analysis of the audiences of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, Theater of the People brings to life perhaps the most powerful influence on the most prominent dramatic poets of their day.
Greek Theatre Performance
Title | Greek Theatre Performance PDF eBook |
Author | David Wiles |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 2000-05-25 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521648578 |
Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.
The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond
Title | The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Csapo |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 403 |
Release | 2007-01-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0521836824 |
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Sport and Society in Ancient Greece
Title | Sport and Society in Ancient Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Golden |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 1998-09-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521497909 |
Sport and Society in Ancient Greece provides a concise and readable introduction to ancient Greek sport. It covers such topics as the links between sport, religion and warfare, the origins and history of the Olympic games, and the spirit of competition among the Greeks. Its main focus, however, is on Greek sport as an arena for the creation and expression of difference among individuals and groups. Sport not only identified winners and losers. It also drew boundaries between groups (Greeks and barbarians, boys and men, males and females) and offered a field for debate on the relative worth of athletic and equestrian competition. The book includes guides to the ancient evidence and to modern scholarship on the subject.