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The plays of one ancient city 2,500 years ago by just four playwrights have had a profound effect on the development of all subsequent Western drama, not only on the theatrical stage, but on opera, film, television, stand-up comedy, and dance-in fact, most, if not all, of the live arts owe a debt to the theatre of ancient Greece and the city of Athens. This course will examine the social, historical, and political context of ancient Greek drama and...
4) Sophocles
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Twayne's world authors volume TWAS 731
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Presents the life and works of the Greek playwright Sophocles.
5) Sophocles
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What was it like to see a play in the Theater of Dionysus, which may have accommodated 17,000 spectators, all of whom could see and hear the play clearly? Siegfried Melchinger brings the ancient theater to life, describing in fascinating detail the stage, the audience, the religious festival for which the plays were written, the use of sets, the function of the chorus, music and dance, the importance of the mask, the language of the play, and the...
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