Greek and Roman Actors
Subtitle: Aspects of an Ancient Profession
Contributors: Pat Easterling (Editor); Edith Hall (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9780521651400
Subjects: Theatre, drama; To 500; History; Ancient and Classical; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Hellenic languages; Literary Criticism; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Acting & Auditioning; General; Actors; History / General; Performing Arts-Acting & Auditioning; Acting; Greece; Theater; To 1500
First sentence: At the turn of the fifth century AD Augustine confesses to having sometimes neglected the spiritual content of the psalms of David because he has been distracted - even moved to tears - by the beauty of the voices he has heard singing them.