Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama - (Plays and Playwrights) by Kenneth McLeish & Trevor R Griffiths (Paperback)

Name: Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama - (Plays and Playwrights) by Kenneth McLeish & Trevor R Griffiths (Paperback)
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A new and definitive guide to the theatre of the ancient world The Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama is a meticulously researched and accessible survey into the place and purpose of theatre in Ancient Greece.
Author(s): Kenneth McLeish & Trevor R Griffiths
320 Pages
Literary Criticism, Ancient & Classical
Series Name: Plays and Playwrights

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About the Book

This title offers a survey into the place and purpose of theatre in Ancient Greece. It provides an author-by-author examination of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander plus how and where the plays were performed, who acted them out and who watched them.

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A new and definitive guide to the theatre of the ancient world

The Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama is a meticulously researched and accessible survey into the place and purpose of theatre in Ancient Greece. It provides a comprehensive author-by-author examination of the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, as well as giving an insight into how and where the plays were performed, who acted them out, and who watched them. It includes a fascinating discussion of the function of the essential characteristics of Greek drama, including verse, rhetoric, music, comedy, and chorus. Above all it offers a fascinating viewpoint onto the everyday values of the ancient Greeks; values with a continuing influence over the theatre of the present day.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.48 Inches (H) x 6.38 Inches (W) x .98 Inches (D)

Weight: .76 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 320

Genre: Literary Criticism

Sub-Genre: Ancient & Classical

Series Title: Plays and Playwrights

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Format: Paperback

Author: Kenneth McLeish & Trevor R Griffiths

Language: English

Street Date: May 1, 2003

TCIN: 1006377833

UPC: 9780413720306

Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-9346

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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