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

by: Wiles, D.

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 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.

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

by: Wiles, D.

• ISBN-13: 9780521401357 / 978-0-521-40135-7
• ISBN-03: 0521401356 / 0-521-40135-6
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991

Price: 54,90 EURO

1 copy in stock