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Menander and the Making of Comedy

Menander and the Making of Comedy

Walton, J. Michael
Arnott, Peter D.

Hardcover

Series: Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies: Lives of the The, Book 67

Literary CriticismPlays

ISBN10: 0313272166
ISBN13: 9780313272165
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Feb 28 1996
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This fascinating introduction to the comedy of Menander is the work of two classical scholars, both of whom have worked extensively as theatre practitioners. This is the first book to consider the plays of Menander primarily as performance pieces and to uncover the dramatic technique of this widely admired comic writer, whose plays had all but disappeared until the 1950s. Looking at the theatrical context of Menandrian comedy in its widest sense, the book includes discussions of recent productions, the recovery of the texts, the treatment of women and slaves, the nature of Menander's comedy, and where it may have led within the European tradition. This book will be of interest to both students of theatre and classicists.

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