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Wiles, David (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy

From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation

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Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? David Wiles provides the first book-length study of this question. He surveys the evidence of vases and other monuments, arguing that they portray masks as part of a process of transformation, and that masks were never seen in the fifth century as autonomous objects. Wiles goes on to examine experiments with the mask in twentieth-century theatre, tracing a tension between the use of masks for possession and for alienation, and he identifies a preference among modern classical scholars for alienation. Wiles declines to distinguish the political aims of Greek tragedy from its relig… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-521-86522-7
  • EAN: 9780521865227
  • Produktnummer: 2763306
  • Verlag: Cambridge University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 332 S.
  • Masse: H25.4 cm x B18.0 cm x D2.5 cm 828 g
  • Gewicht: 828
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


David Wiles is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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