audiobook Public and Performance in the Greek Theatre by Peter D. Arnott in Arts-Photography

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Peter Arnott discusses Greek drama not as an antiquarian study but as a living art form. He removes the plays from the library and places them firmly in the theatre that gave them being. Invoking the practical realities of stagecraft; he illuminates the literary patterns of the plays; the performance disciplines; and the audience responses. Each component of the productions - audience; chorus; actors; costume; speech - is examined in the context of its own society and of theatre practice in general; with examples from other cultures. Professor Arnott places great emphasis on the practical staging of Greek plays; and how the buildings themselves imposed particular constraints on actors and writers alike. Above all; he sets out to make practical sense of the construction of Greek plays; and their organic relationship to their original setting.