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Author: EASTERLING, P., and E. HALL, (eds.),
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by Pat Easterling (Editor); Edith Hall (Editor)

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This series of twenty complementary essays by experts in the field explores the art, social status, reputation and image of the ancient actor in the Greek and Roman worlds, from the sixth century B.C. to the Byzantine period. It covers tragedy, comedy, mime and pantomime and offers a full overview of the most important ancient evidence. In some essays new questions are asked, and in others, completely new evidence is offered. Numerous illustrations are included and all Greek and Latin passages are translated.

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At the turn of the fifth century AD Augustine confesses to having sometimes neglected the spiritual content of the psalms of David because he has been distracted - even moved to tears - by the beauty of the voices he has heard singing them.

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Title Greek and Roman Actors: Aspects of an Ancient Profession
Author Pat Easterling (Editor); Edith Hall (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Pages 544
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date 2002-09-26
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9780521651400 / 0521651409
Weight 2.06 lbs (0.93 kg)
Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.19 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 3.02 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Theater - Greece - History - To 500, Theater - History - To 500
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003266891
Dewey Decimal Code 792.028

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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 2002. 1st ed. XXXI,510p. ills. Cloth wrps. Nice copy. 'This fresh, valuable, and scrupulously edited volume explores an understudied topic: the acting profession throughout the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Although the evidence is fragmentary, the essays in this volume touch on the full range of literary, historical, and material sources and include actors of mime and pantomime, singers and musicians, as well as the better-known theatre actors. The book is devided into three parts. Part 1 addresses different performative modes and styles; it includes singing actors and musicians, as well as the actors? use of costume, gesture, movement, and voice. Part 2 examines the acting profession from Classical Athens to late antiquity and Byzantium and its status at different periods; two essays take a look at the problems of interpreting visual depictions of actors at Aphrodisias and Ephesus. The final part deals with acting in the cultural and literary… Read More