Title The history of the Greek and Roman theater / by Margarete Bieber

Edition Second edition, revised and enlarged Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1961

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Description 343 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 29 cm Contents The rise of the satyr play and of tragedy -- Attic tragedy: The oldest attic tragic poets ; Aeschylus ; Sophocles ; Euripides ; Post-Euripidean tragedy -- Old comedy and middle comedy ; Aristophanes -- The Dionysiac festivals -- The development of the theater building in the Classical period -- Scenery and mechanical devices -- The evolution of the art of acting -- New comedy ; Menander -- The Hellenistic theater building -- Italian popular comedy (the phlyakes) -- The Roman plays at the time of the Republic: The early Republican period ; The last centuries of the Republic (ca. 250-30 B.C.) ; Naevius, Plautus, Terrence -- The art of acting at Rome -- The development of the Roman theater building during the Republican period -- Roman theater buildings in Italy and the provinces during the empire: Purely Roman theaters ; Graeco-Roman theaters ; Odea ; Sculptured decorations -- Plays of the Roman empire ; Seneca -- The influence of the ancient theater on the modern theater Summary Discusses all aspects, from the rise of the satyr plays and tragedy through the arena games of the Roman Empire Analysis Art, Classical Art, Roman Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500 Theater History To 500 Theater History To 500 Greece Theater Rome Theaters Greece Theaters Rome Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-332) and index Subject Art, Classical. Art, Roman. Art, Greek. Theater -- History -- To 500. Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500. Theater -- Greece. Theater -- Greece -- History. Theater -- Rome. Theaters -- Greece. Theaters -- Rome. LC no. 60009367 ISBN 0691035210

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