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ISBN: 9780521648578 - Greek Theatre Performance Greek Theatre Performance
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0521648572  ISBN13: 9780521648578
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 May 2000
David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were first performed. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient world, and is written to answer the questions of those who want... More

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ISBN: 9780521012744 - A Short History of Western Performance Space A Short History of Western Performance Space
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0521012740  ISBN13: 9780521012744
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Oct 2003
This book provides a historical account of performance space within the theatrical traditions of western Europe. David Wiles takes a broad-based view of theatrical activity as something that occurs in churches, streets, pubs and galleries as much... More

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ISBN: 9780521543521 - The Masks of Menander The Masks of Menander
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0521543525  ISBN13: 9780521543521
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Jun 2004
An examination of the conventions and techniques of the Greek theatre of Menander and subsequent Roman theatre. This book provides a detailed analysis of the conventions and techniques of performance characteristic of the Greek theatre of Menander... More

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ISBN: 9780521865227 - Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0521865220  ISBN13: 9780521865227
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 Aug 2007
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... More

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ISBN: 9781107404793 - Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
David Wiles

ISBN10: 1107404797  ISBN13: 9781107404793
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 19 Jul 2012
A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances. Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? In this book, first published in 2007, David Wiles provided the first book-length study of... More

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ISBN: 9780521193276 - Theatre and Citizenship Theatre and Citizenship
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0521193273  ISBN13: 9780521193276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 Feb 2011
Shaped by political concerns of today, this is an informed but provocative take on theatre history and theatre's social function. Citizenship is a contested term which today inspires both policy-makers and radical activists. David Wiles traces... More

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ISBN: 9780521149839 - The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
David Wiles, Christine Dymkowski

ISBN10: 0521149835  ISBN13: 9780521149839
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Nov 2012
A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it. Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion... More

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ISBN: 9780521766364 - The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History
David Wiles, Christine Dymkowski

ISBN10: 0521766362  ISBN13: 9780521766364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Nov 2012
A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it. Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at different times and in different places. This Companion... More

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ISBN: 9780521666152 - Tragedy in Athens Tragedy in Athens
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0521666155  ISBN13: 9780521666152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 19 Aug 1999
David Wiles explores the performance of tragedy as a spatial practice specific to Athenian culture, at once religious and political. After reviewing controversies and archaeological data regarding the fifth-century performance space... More

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ISBN: 9780859910828 - The Early Plays of Robin Hood The Early Plays of Robin Hood
David Wiles

ISBN10: 0859910822  ISBN13: 9780859910828
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd D.S. Brewer
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jan 1970
Robin Hood was the subject of many fifteenth and sixteenth century folk-plays, of which only traces remain. As a result, the ballads, many of which have survived, have usually been regarded as the main-spring of traditions about the famous outlaw. More