Actors and icons of the ancient theater
By: Eric Csapo.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom; Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405135368
Subjects: Acting -- History -- To 1500; Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500; Theater -- History -- To 500; Theater -- Rome; Actors -- Greece; Actors -- Rome
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A portrait of the artist I : theatre-realistic art in Athens, 500-330 BC; title: A portrait of the artist II : theatre-realistic art in the Greek west, 400-300 BC; title: The spread of theater and the rise of the actor; title: Kallippides on the floor sweepings : the limits of realism in ancient acting; title: Cooking with Menander : slices from the ancient home entertainment industry?; title: The politics of privatization : a short history of the privatization of drama from classical Athens to early imperial Rome.