Drama by Period - Classical Books

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   Three Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Women, 2nd Edition

   By Jeffrey Henderson

   These three plays by the great comic playwright Aristophanes (c. 446-386 BCE), the well-known Lysistrata, and the less familiar Women at the Thesmophoria and Assemblywomen, are the earliest surviving portrayals of contemporary women in the European literary tradition. These plays provide a unique...

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-87131-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Style For Actors 2nd Edition: A Handbook for Moving Beyond Realism

   By Robert Barton

   "Style is a journey from tourist to native. It is living in the world of the play, not just visiting it." - from chapter one Anyone who has ever struggled with capes, fans, swords, doublets and crinolines should make Style for Actors 2nd Edition their constant companion. Robert Barton has...

   September 2009 | 978-0-415-48573-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Plautus in Performance: The Theatre of the Mind

   By Niall W. Slater

   Plautus was Ancient Rome's greatest comic playwright, Shakespeare drew heavily on his plots, and his legacy is prevalent throughout modern drama. In this expanded edition of his successful book, one of America's foremost Classical scholars introduces performance criticism to the study of Plautus'...

   2000 | 9789057550379 | Hardback (Routledge)