The Masks of Menander: Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman Performance - Brossura

Wiles

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521543525 ISBN 13: 9780521543521

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

An examination of the conventions and techniques of the Greek theatre of Menander and subsequent Roman theatre.

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Descrizione del libro

In this detailed analysis of the contentions and techniques of performance which characterised the Greek theatre of Menander and subsequent Roman theatre. David Wiles offers a radical new approach to reading play texts. He identifies the mask as crucial to the actor's art and examines other main elements which audiences learned to decode.

Contenuti

List of illustrations; Abbreviations etc.; Preface; 1. Text and performance; 2. Space; 3. The system of masks; 4. Masks East and West: contrasts and comparisons; 5. The Roman mask 6. The four mask genera; 7. Costume and movement; 8. Language and voice; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521543525
• ISBN 13: 9780521543521
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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