| Physical description |
xix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-214) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The playing space -- The scripts and the playing space -- The surviving tragedies of Aeschylus and early tragic performance -- Choros, actors/characters, and playing space in the earlier tragedies of Aeschylus -- Composition for the playing space in Aeschylus's Oresteia -- Realizing the tragic playing space after Aeschylus -- Altars and tombs in the playing space after Aeschylus -- Performers and vehicles in the playing space -- Three kinds of vocal delivery in tragedy -- Movement and dancing in the playing space -- Actors/characters and choros : chanting, singing and dancing in the playing space -- App. A. Chronology of the surviving plays -- 2. The chorus -- The choros in epic -- Composition for the choros -- Music : meter or measure, melody, and mode -- Dancing -- Strophe, antistrophe, and choreia -- Dithyrambs -- The theatrical choroi : definitions and distinctions -- App. B. Time line for chapter 2. |
| Subject |
Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500.
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Drama -- Technique.
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| ISBN |
9780226477572 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226477576 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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