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This book provides a detailed analysis of the conventions and techniques of performance characteristic of the Greek theatre of Menander and the subsequent Roman theatre of Plautus and Terence. Drawing on literary nad archaeological sources, and on scientific treatises, David Wiles identifies the mask as crucial to the actor's art, and shows how sophisticated the art of the mask-maker became. He also examines the other main elements which the audience learned to decode: costume, voice, movement, etc. In order to identify features that were unique to Hellenistic theatre he contrasts Greek new comedy with other traditions of masked performance. A substantial part of the book is devoted to Roman comedy, and shows how different Roman conventions of performance rest upon different underlying assumptions about religion, marriage and class.
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The Masks of Menander: Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman Performance
June 3, 2004, Cambridge University Press
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0521543525 9780521543521
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The masks of Menander: sign and meaning in Greek and Roman performance
1991, Cambridge University Press
in English
0521401356 9780521401357
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"It is no accident of modern archaeology that Menander is the only writer of Greek New Comedy whose works have survived in anything more than tiny fragments."
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