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The Greek sense of theatre : tragedy and comedy reviewed / J. Michael Walton.

Author/creator Walton, J. Michael, 1939- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionThird edition.
Publication Info Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Copyright Notice ©2015
Descriptionxvii, 166 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents List of illustrations -- Proagôn -- Prologue -- Part I: The Athenians and their Theatre -- The Critic -- The Playgoers -- The Stage -- The Performers -- Part II: The Playmakers: Tragedy -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides: the tragedies -- Euripides: the comedies -- Part III: The Playmakers: Comedy -- Old Comedy: Aristophanes -- New Comedy: Menander -- Epilogue -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary In The Greek Sense of Theatre, J. Michael Walton proposes that we consider Greek tragedy of the fifth century BC as performance-based, with a visual emphasis overlooked in much classical scholarship. Greek plays have survived as written texts, virtually without stage direction, and because the conditions of the first performance were never recorded, it tends to be assumed that language was the most important feature of the Greek drama. Professor Walton seeks to disprove this idea, expanding this new edition to include the comedies of Aristophenes and Menander as well as the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
General noteOriginal copyright: 1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2014044300
ISBN9781138857315 hardback
ISBN1138857319 hardback
ISBN9781138857339 paperback
ISBN1138857335 paperback
ISBNelectronic bk.
ISBN1315718766
ISBN9781315718767
Standard identifier# 40025045305

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