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__Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater__ examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire * Presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study * Offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion of theater upon actors and dramatic literature * Addresses a study of the privatization of theater and reveals how it was driven by political interests * Challenges preconceived notions about theater history Content: Chapter 1 A Portrait of the Artist I: Theater?Realistic Art in Athens, 500–330 BC (pages 1–37): Chapter 2 A Portrait of the Artist II: Theater?Realistic Art in the Greek West, 400–300 BC (pages 38–82): Chapter 3 The Spread of Theater and the Rise of the Actor (pages 83–116): Chapter 4 Kallippides on the Floor Sweepings: The Limits of Realism in Classical Acting (pages 117–139): Chapter 5 Cooking with Menander: Slices from the Ancient Home Entertainment Industry? (pages 140–167): Chapter 6 The Politics of Privatization: A Short History of the Privatization of Drama from Classical Athens to Early Imperial Rome (pa

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Author

Eric Csapo(auth.)

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781444318036

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Criticism, Sports