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A Vehicle for Performance

- Acting the Messenger in Greek Tragedy
Af: Margaret Dickin Engelsk Paperback

A Vehicle for Performance

- Acting the Messenger in Greek Tragedy
Af: Margaret Dickin Engelsk Paperback
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"Just as naturally happens with actors in tragedies where he who wears the mask of a messenger or servant gains glory and takes the lead while he who bears the crown and sceptre is not listened to when he speaks…"—Plutarch This book investigates the transformation of the Tragic Messenger, traditionally a minor supporting character in Greek drama who brought news from off stage, into one of the leading acting roles in ancient drama. It examines the features of Messenger speeches which made them attractive acting roles, reviews the Tragic Messenger in vase paintings, and analyzes the distribution of acting roles in the extant fifth-century tragedies. The technique of masked actors playing multiple roles in the same drama permitted ''metatheatrical'' linkages between these acting roles. When these linkages involved Euripides'' very vivid Messenger speeches, they allowed the Tragic Messenger to become an indispensable and stereotypical part of the drama. This was not only important in the development of the tragic genre itself, but may also have led to the stock role of the Running Slave in comedy.
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"Just as naturally happens with actors in tragedies where he who wears the mask of a messenger or servant gains glory and takes the lead while he who bears the crown and sceptre is not listened to when he speaks…"—Plutarch This book investigates the transformation of the Tragic Messenger, traditionally a minor supporting character in Greek drama who brought news from off stage, into one of the leading acting roles in ancient drama. It examines the features of Messenger speeches which made them attractive acting roles, reviews the Tragic Messenger in vase paintings, and analyzes the distribution of acting roles in the extant fifth-century tragedies. The technique of masked actors playing multiple roles in the same drama permitted ''metatheatrical'' linkages between these acting roles. When these linkages involved Euripides'' very vivid Messenger speeches, they allowed the Tragic Messenger to become an indispensable and stereotypical part of the drama. This was not only important in the development of the tragic genre itself, but may also have led to the stock role of the Running Slave in comedy.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 218
ISBN-13: 9780761843559
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0761843558
Kategori: Antikken & Middelalder
Udg. Dato: 10 nov 2008
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 154mm
Højde: 232mm
Forlag: University Press of America
Oplagsdato: 10 nov 2008
Forfatter(e): Margaret Dickin
Forfatter(e) Margaret Dickin

Kategori Antikken & Middelalder

ISBN-13 9780761843559

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 218

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 154mm

Højde 232mm

Udg. Dato 10 nov 2008

Oplagsdato 10 nov 2008

Forlag University Press of America