Classical Greek theatre
Subtitle: new views of an old subject
By: Clifford Ashby.
Series: Studies in theatre history and culture
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Iowa City, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Theater -- Production and direction -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.; Theaters -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.; Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500.
Description: Archaeological and written sources relating to classical Greek theatre are diverse, scattered, and disconnected. Clifford Ashby's own (and memorable) fieldwork led him to more than one hundred theatre sites in Greece, southern Italy, Sicily, and Albania and as far into modern Turkey as Hellenic civilization had penetrated. From this extensive research, he draws a number of novel revisionist conclusions on the nature of classical theatre architecture and production.

Ashby's lengthy hands-on training and his knowledge of theatre history provide a broad understanding of the ways that theatre has operated through the ages as well as an ability to extrapolate from production techniques of other times and places.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-186) and index.