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Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater

ISBN: 978-1-4443-1804-3
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248 pages
January 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface

Chapter 1: A Portrait of the Artist I: Theatre-Realistic Art in Athens, 500-330 BC

Chapter 2: A Portrait of the Artist II: Theatre-Realistic Art in the Greek West, 400-300 BC

Chapter 3: The Spread of Theater and the Rise of the Actor

Chapter 4: Kallippides on the Floor Sweepings: The Limits of Realism in Ancient Acting

Chapter 5: Cooking with Menander: Slices from the Ancient Home Entertainment Industry?

Chapter 6: The Politics of Privatization: A Short History of the Privatization of Drama from Classical Athens to Early Imperial Rome

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index