Actors and Audience: A Study of Asides and Related Conventions in Greek Drama

by David Bain

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The aside is a familiar convention in drama, but surprisingly little has been written about it in connection with Greek theater, where the aside originated and developed. In Actors and Audience, David Bain traces the aside back to its earliest appearance in Greek tragedy, examining its use in Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles, before moving on to a consideration of Old Comedy dramatists from Aristophanes to Menander, New Comedy, and Roman Comedy...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198147244

ISBN13:9780198147244

Release Date:March 1987

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.71 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Drama History Language Arts

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