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Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater

Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater

Hardback Published on: 22/01/2010
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Synopsis

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

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781405135368
  • Number of pages: 233
  • Dimensions: 237 x 161 x 22 mm
  • Weight: 508g
  • Languages: English