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The masks of Menander : sign and meaning in Greek and Roman performance

by: Wiles, D.

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Code: 16202
ISBN-13: 9780521401357 / 978-0-521-40135-7
ISBN-10: 0521401356 / 0-521-40135-6
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1991
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 271
Book Condition: As New
Comments: xv, 271 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm / 1. Text and performance --2. Space --3. The system of masks --4. Masks East and West: contrasts and comparisons --5. The Roman mask --6. The four mask genera --7. Costume and movement --8. Language and voice.

 The masks of Menander : sign and meaning in Greek and Roman performance
Author:David Wiles

In this detailed analysis of the contentions and techniques of performance which characterised the Greek theatre of Menander and subsequent Roman theatre. David Wiles offers a radical new approach to reading play texts. He identifies the mask as crucial to the actor's art and examines other main elements which audiences learned to decode.

Contents:
List of illustrations; Abbreviations etc.; Preface; 1. Text and performance; 2. Space; 3. The system of masks; 4. Masks East and West: contrasts and comparisons; 5. The Roman mask 6. The four mask genera; 7. Costume and movement; 8. Language and voice; Bibliography; Index.

 

 
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