{"product_id":"greek-and-roman-actors-aspects-of-an-ancient-profession-paperback-9780521045506","title":"Greek and Roman Actors; Aspects of an Ancient Profession (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521045506","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGreek and Roman Actors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAspects of an Ancient Profession\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollection of essays exploring all aspects of the actor in the Greek and Roman worlds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePat Easterling (Edited by), Edith Hall (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521045506, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages, 61 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.761 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this volume represents, to date, the most valuable companion to actors and acting in Graeco-Roman antiquity … recommend the volume not only to specialists but also to graduate students and other readers looking for an up-to-date introduction to current scholarship on ancient acting … a volume which will certainly be a standard reference book for years to come.' Journal of Hellenic Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection of twenty essays examines the art, profession and idea of the actor in Greek and Roman antiquity, and has been commissioned and arranged to cast as much interdisciplinary and transhistorical light as possible on these elusive but fascinating ancient professionals. It covers a chronological span from the sixth century BC to Byzantium (and even beyond to the way that ancient actors have influenced the arts from the Renaissance to the twentieth century) and stresses the huge geographical spread of ancient actors. Some essays focus on particular themes, such as the evidence for women actors or the impact of acting on the presentation of suicide in literature; others offer completely new evidence, such as graffiti relating to actors in Asia Minor; others ask new questions, such as what subjective experience can be reconstructed for the ancient actor. There are numerous illustrations and all Greek and Latin passages are translated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Maps\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Art of the Actor: 1. The singing actors of antiquity Edith Hall\u003cbr\u003e 2. The musicians among the actors Peter Wilson\u003cbr\u003e 3. The use of the body by actors in tragedy and satyr-play Kostas Valakas\u003cbr\u003e 4. Towards a reconstruction of performance style Richard Green\u003cbr\u003e 5. Kallippides on the floor-sweepings: the limits of realism in classical acting and performance styles Eric Csapo\u003cbr\u003e 6. Looking for the actor's art in Aristotle G. M. Sifakis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Acting, action and words in New Comedy Eric Handley\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Acting down': the ideology of Hellenistic performance Richard Hunter\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Professional World: 9. Nothing to do with the techn?tai of Dionysus? Jane L. Lightfoot\u003cbr\u003e 10. Actors and actor-managers at Rome in the time of Plautus and Terence Peter G. McC. Brown\u003cbr\u003e 11. The masks on the propylon of the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias John Jory\u003cbr\u003e 12. Images of performance: new evidence from Ephesus Charlotte Roueché\u003cbr\u003e 13. Female entertainers in late antiquity Ruth Webb\u003cbr\u003e 14. Acting in the Byzantine theatre: evidence and problems Walter Puchner\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Idea of the Actor: 15. Actor as icon Pat Easterling\u003cbr\u003e 16. Scholars versus actors: text and performance in the Greek tragic scholia Thomas Falkner\u003cbr\u003e 17. Orator and\/et actor Elaine Fantham\u003cbr\u003e 18. Acting and self-actualisation in imperial Rome: some death scenes Catharine Edwards\u003cbr\u003e 19. The subjectivity of Greek performance Ismene Lada-Richards\u003cbr\u003e 20. The ancient actor's presence since the Renaissance Edith Hall\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e List of works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index of major ancient passages cited\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004787020056,"sku":"9780521045506","price":49.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521045506i_c289cb96-f4fd-4d49-8aa9-ad9e0e35ddd2.jpg?v=1694968650","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/greek-and-roman-actors-aspects-of-an-ancient-profession-paperback-9780521045506","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}