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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 June 2017
      15 June 2017
      ISBN:
      9781107445024
      9781107059474
      9781107681521
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107445024
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.68kg, 372 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.555kg, 376 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies, European Theatre
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    Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies, European Theatre
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    This first general history of Greek theatre from Hellenistic times to the foundation of the Modern Greek state in 1830 marks a radical departure from traditional methods of historiography. We like to think of history unfolding continuously, in an evolutionary form, but the story of Greek theatre is rather different. After traditional theatre ended in the sixth and seventh centuries, no traditional drama was written or performed on stage throughout the Greek-speaking world for centuries due to the Orthodox Church's hostile attitude toward spectacles. With the reinvention of theatre in Renaissance Italy, however, Greek theatre was revived in Crete under Venetian rule in the late sixteenth century. The following centuries saw the restoration of Greek theatre at various locations, albeit characterized by numerous ruptures and discontinuities in terms of geography, stylistics, thematic approaches and ideologies. These diverse developments were only 'normalized' with the establishment of the Greek nation state.

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    • 1 - The Long Twilight of Ancient Theatre and Drama
      pp 16-51
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