Greek theatre performance : an introduction / David Wiles.
Wiles, David| Call Number | 792/.0938 |
| Author | Wiles, David, author. |
| Title | Greek theatre performance : an introduction / David Wiles. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016). |
| Contents | Myth -- Ritual -- Politics -- Gender -- Space -- The performer -- The writer -- Reception. |
| Summary | In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Theatre was a ceremony bound up with fundamental activities in ancient Athenian life and Wiles explores those elements which created the theatre of the time. Actors rather than writers are the book's main concern and Wiles examines how the actor used the resources of story-telling, dance, mask, song and visual action to create a large-scale event that would shape the life of the citizen community. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient world, and is written to answer the questions of those who want to know how the plays were performed, what they meant in their original social context, what they might mean in a modern performance and what can be learned from and achieved by performances of Greek plays today. |
| Subject | Theater Production and direction Greece History To 1500. Theater Greece History To 500. Greek drama History and criticism. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Theatre was a ceremony bound up with fundamental activities in ancient Athenian life and Wiles explores those elements which created the theatre of the time. Actors rather than writers are the book's main concern and Wiles examines how the actor used the resources of story-telling, dance, mask, song and visual action to create a large-scale event that would shape the life of the citizen community. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient world, and is written to answer the questions of those who want to know how the plays were performed, what they meant in their original social context, what they might mean in a modern performance and what can be learned from and achieved by performances of Greek plays today. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016). |
| Contents | Myth -- Ritual -- Politics -- Gender -- Space -- The performer -- The writer -- Reception. |
| Subject | Theater Production and direction Greece History To 1500. Theater Greece History To 500. Greek drama History and criticism. |
| Multimedia |