The theatrical cast of Athens interactions between ancient greek drama and society

• Main Author: Hall, Edith, 1959-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2006
• Subjects: Ελληνικό δράμα > Ιστορία και κριτική; Θέατρο και κοινωνία > Ελλάδα > Ιστορία; Θέατρο > Ελλάδα > Ιστορία; Αθήνα > Κοινωνική ζωή και έθιμα

Table of Contents:

• The theatrical roles of Athens Childbearing women: birth and family crisis in ancient drama Visible women: painted masks and tragic aesthetics Horny satyrs and tragic tetralogies Female personifications of poetry in old comedy Recasting the barbarian The Scythian archer in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae Drowning act: the Greeks, swimming, and Timotheus' Persians Singing roles in tragedy Casting the role of Trygaeus in Aristophanes' Peace Lawcourt dramas: acting and performance in legal oratory