Actors and icons of the ancient theater

• Main Author: Csapo, Eric (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden Wiley-Blackwell c2010
• Subjects: Υποκριτική > Ιστορία; Θέατρο > Ιστορία > Μέχρι το 500 π.Χ. > Ελλάδα; Ηθοποιοί > Ιστορία > Ελλάδα; Ηθοποιοί > Ιστορία > Ρώμη

Table of Contents:

• A portrait of the artist I : theatre-realistic art in Athens, 500-330 BC
• A portrait of the artist II : theatre-realistic art in the Greek west, 400-300 BC
• The spread of theater and the rise of the actor
• Kallippides on the floor sweepings : the limits of realism in ancient acting
• Cooking with Menander : slices from the ancient home entertainment industry?
• The politics of privatization : a short history of the privatization of drama from classical Athens to early imperial Rome.