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BL
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664124
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| Main Entry
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Csapo, Eric
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| Title & Author
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Actors and icons of the ancient theater /\ Eric Csapo
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, U.K. ;Malden, MA :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2010
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xiv, 233 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781405135368 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 1405135360 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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A portrait of the artist I : theater-realistic art in Athens, 500-330 BC -- A portrait of the artist II : theater-realistic art in the Greek west, 400-300 BC -- The spread of theater and the rise of the actor -- Kallippides on the floor sweepings : the limits of realism in classical acting -- Cooking with Menander : slices from the ancient home entertainment industry? -- The politics of privatization : a short history of the privatization of drama from classical Athens to early imperial Rome
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| Abstract
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This work examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theatre in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. The book presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study and offers a systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theatre outside Athens
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Acting-- History-- To 1500
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Theater-- Greece-- History-- To 500
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Theater-- History-- To 500
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Theater-- Rome
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Actors-- Greece
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Actors-- Rome
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| Dewey Classification
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792.02/80938
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| LC Classification
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PA3203.C78 2010
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