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Greek comedy flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, both in and beyond Athens. Aristophanes and Menander are the best-known writers whose work is in part extant, but many other dramatists are known from surviving fragments of their plays. This sophisticated but accessible introduction explores the genre as a whole, integrating literary questions (such as characterisation, dramatic technique or diction) with contextual ones (for example audience response, festival context, interface with ritual or political frames). In addition, it also discusses relevant historical issues (political, socio-economic and legal) as well as the artistic and archaeological evidence. The result provides a unique panorama of this challenging area of Greek literature which will be of help to students at all levels and from a variety of disciplines but will also provide stimulus for further research.

Classical Greek literature --- Drama --- Greek drama (Comedy) --- Comédie grecque --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Comedy --- History --- Ancient --- General. --- Comédie grecque

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This wide-ranging, detailed and engaging study of Brecht's complex relationship with Greek tragedy and tragic tradition argues that this is fundamental for understanding his radicalism. Featuring an extensive discussion of The Antigone of Sophocles (1948) and further related works (the Antigone model book and the Small Organon for the Theatre), this monograph includes the first-ever publication of the complete set of colour photographs taken by Ruth Berlau. This is complemented by comparatist explorations of many of Brecht's own plays as his experiments with tragedy conceptualized as the 'big form'. The significance for Brecht of the Greek tragic tradition is positioned in relation to other formative influences on his work (Asian theatre, Naturalism, comedy, Schiller and Shakespeare). Brecht emerges as a theatre artist of enormous range and creativity, who has succeeded in re-shaping and re-energizing tragedy and has carved paths for its continued artistic and political relevance.

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Influence. --- Brecht, Bertolt, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Greek drama --- Brecht, Berthold Friedrich --- Brecht, Bertolt. --- Brecht, Bertholt --- Brecht, Bert --- Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich

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Beyond the Fifth Century brings together 13 scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Ancient History, Mediaeval Studies) to explore interactions with Greek tragedy from the 4th century BCE up to the Middle Ages. The volume breaks new ground in several ways. Its chronological scope encompasses periods that are not usually part of research on tragedy reception, especially the Hellenistic period, late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The volume also considers not just performance reception but various other modes of reception, between different literary genres and media (inscriptions, vase paintings, recording technology). There is a pervasive interest in interactions between tragedy and society-at-large, such as festival culture and entertainment (both public and private), education, religious practice, even life-style. Finally, the volume features studies of a comparative nature which focus less on genealogical connections (although such may be present) but rather on the study of equivalences.

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Classical literature --- Literature, Medieval --- Intertextuality. --- History and criticism. --- Appreciation --- History. --- Greek influences. --- European literature --- Medieval literature --- Criticism --- Semiotics --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Literature, Classical --- Literature --- Literature, Ancient --- Greek literature --- Latin literature --- Greek drama --- Ancient Tragedy. --- Reception.

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A Cultural History of Theatre presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers a span of 2,500 years, tracing the complexity of the interactions between theatre and culture.

Theater --- Theater and society. --- History --- Europe --- Colonies. --- Theater. --- Theater and society --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Actors --- Society and theater --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Social status --- Social aspects --- Theatrical science --- drama [literature] --- To 500. --- Greece. --- Rome (Empire). --- drama [discipline]