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Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater

By Eric Csapo

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
1405135360, 9781405135368, 1444318047, 9781444318043
LCC
PA3203 .C78 2010
Open Library ID
OL23712358M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2929640 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
248\250
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman EmpirePresents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of studyOffers 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 literatureAddresses a study of the privatization of theater and reveals how it was driven by political interestsChallenges preconceived notions about theater history

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