David Wiles

Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy

From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation

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Produktbeschreibung

A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9781107404793
• ISBN-10: 1107404797
• Artikelnr.: 35899122

Autorenporträt

David Wiles is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The evidence of vases
3. The sculptural art of the Greek mask-maker
4. Mask and modernism
5. Physical theatre and mask in the twentieth century
6. Mask and text: the case of Hall's Oresteia
7. The mask as musical instrument
8. Masks and polytheism
9. The mask of Dionysos
10. Sacred viewing: 'theorizing' the ancient mask
11. Mask and self
Epilogue: to the performer.