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This work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and explains how the actors' performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Iris Brooke
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486147827
This work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and explains how the actors' performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Iris Brooke
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2021-09-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781015265660
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Rosie Wyles
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780715639450
The core of the book focuses on tragic costume in its original performance context of fifth-century Athens, but the implications of subsequent uses in Roman and more recent performances are also taken into consideration.Most importantly, the reader is invited to think about how tragic costume worked as a language in ancient performance and was manipulated physically and verbally in order to create meaning. Elements of this language are shown through a series of test cases from a range of ancient tragedies. All ancient passages are given in translation and the book includes a glossary of terms.
Author : Helaine Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 18,99 MB
Release : 2005-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0313036705
Aeschylus' Oresteia, Sophocles' Oedipus plays, Euripides' Medea and Bacchae, and Aristophanes' Birds and Lysistrata are discussed in this lively and scholarly volume. The author's experience teaching these plays to gifted high school students makes this volume particularly useful. The drama festivals, the adaptations of myth, the relevance of Aristotelian criteria, and the political and cultural background of each play are described fully, and the nature of tragedy and comedy, plot construction, stagecraft, theme, character, imagery and individual odes and speeches are analyzed in depth. The 5th century BC witnessed the flourishing of Athenian culture and was one of the most influential periods in history. The achievements of the Greeks at that time forever shaped our political and legal institutions and provided the foundation for Western civilization. At the same time, the world of the Greeks is distant and exotic to contemporary students. The values and beliefs of the Greeks are best represented in the plays that were crafted at that time, and these works continue to be widely read and studied. This book is a valuable introduction to ancient Greek drama. Designed for high school students, undergraduates, and their teachers, this work describes the origins and physical aspects of ancient Greek theatre, discusses Aristotle's Poetics, and analyzes, in ten separate chapters, ten frequently studied Greek plays: Aeschylus' Oresteia, Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, Euripides' Medea and Bacchae and Aristophanes' Birds and Lysistrata. For each there is cultural, political and mythological background, plot synopsis, and analysis of overall structure and important scenes, speeches and odes. The Aristophanes chapters explore comic method and all chapters discuss theme and stagecraft in depth.
Author : Iris Brooke
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Gwendolyn Compton-Engle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 1107083796
This book interprets the handling of costume in the plays of the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes, using as evidence the surviving plays as well as vase-paintings and terracotta figurines. This book fills a gap in the study of ancient Greek drama, focusing on performance, gender, and the body.
Author : Mildred Irene Throne
Publisher :
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 1929
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Author : Graham Ley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226477614
Reexamining the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, the author discusses acting technique, scenery, the power and range of the chorus, the use of theatrical space, and parody in their plays. This edition includes notes on ancient mime and puppetry and how to read Greek playtexts as scripts.
Author : M. Nataline Crumpton
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Amateur plays
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Author : Iris Brooke
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Costume
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