Eric Csapo

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire * Presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study * Offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion of theater upon actors and dramatic literature * Addresses a study of the privatization of theater and reveals how it was driven by political interests * Challenges preconceived notions about theater history

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444318043
• Artikelnr.: 38305624

Autorenporträt

Eric Csapo is Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney, Australia. An expert in ancient drama and in the material, social and economic history of the ancient theatre, Csapo is the author of Theories of Mythology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005) and co-editor of Context of Ancient Drama (with W. J. Slater, 1995) and The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Elsewhere: From Ritual to Drama (with M. Miller, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations vi Preface viii List of abbreviations xiii 1 A
Portrait of the Artist I: Theater-Realistic Art in Athens, 500-330 BC 1 2 A
Portrait of the Artist II: Theater-Realistic Art in the Greek West, 400-300
BC 38 3 The Spread of Theater and the Rise of the Actor 83 4 Kallippides on
the Floor Sweepings: The Limits of Realism in Classical Acting 117 5
Cooking with Menander: Slices from the Ancient Home Entertainment Industry?
140 6 The Politics of Privatization: A Short History of the Privatization
of Drama from Classical Athens to Early Imperial Rome 168 Bibliography 205
Index 227

Rezensionen

"Csapo's book covers an impressive range of different topics and periods in ancient theatrical history." (The Times Literary Supplement, 8 July 2011)

"No scholar of the ancient theater can afford to ignore the arguments put forward in this stimulating and exciting book." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 April 2011)

"Csapo provides an excellent collection of Oxford lectures (all revised) that rehearse and challenge old evidence and preconceived theories on the history and image of actors from classical Greece to early imperial Rome...What sets this book apart from similar work is its superb collection and socioeconomic study of extant ancient artifacts. This is a fascinating read of the ancient world and the dynamic relationships between its theatre, politics, and popular culture." (Choice, January 2011)

"Actors and Icons is a compelling account of the development of acting in antiquity, taking actors all the way from adjuncts (hypokritai who 'answer' the chorus), to famous, favoured members of the imperial circle." (Scholia Reviews, 1 October 2010)