Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

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Kathryn G. Bosher (Northwestern University, Illinois) Edith Hall (King's College London)

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

Kathryn G. Bosher (Northwestern University, Illinois), Edith Hall (King's College London), Clemente Marconi (New York University) , LaDale Winling (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

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Cambridge University Press
10 March 2022

Studies of ancient theater have traditionally taken Athens as their creative center. In this book, however, the lens is widened to examine the origins and development of ancient drama, and particularly comedy, within a Sicilian and southern Italian context. Each chapter explores a different category of theatrical evidence, from the literary (fragments of Epicharmus and cult traditions) to the artistic (phylax vases) and the archaeological (theater buildings). Kathryn G. Bosher argues that, unlike in classical Athens, the golden days of theatrical production on Sicily coincided with the rule of tyrants, rather than with democratic interludes. Moreover, this was not accidental, but plays and the theater were an integral part of the tyrants' propaganda system. The volume will appeal widely to classicists and to theater historians.

By: Kathryn G. Bosher (Northwestern University Illinois)
Edited by: Edith Hall (King's College London), Clemente Marconi (New York University)
Prepared for publication by: LaDale Winling (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 402g
ISBN: 9781108725651
ISBN 10: 1108725651
Pages: 247
Publication Date: 10 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Out of the shadows: Epicharmus and early performance in Syracuse; 2. Cult and circumstance; 3. Politics and propaganda; 4. Taking theater home: images of comedy and tragedy on vases; 5. Drama in public: stone theaters in the west; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Kathryn G.. Bosher was Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Northwestern University until her death in 2013. She was editor of Theater Outside Athens: Drama in Greek Sicily and South Italy (Cambridge, 2012) and coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas (2015). Edith Hall is Professor of Classics at King's College London. Clemente Marconi is James R. McCredie Professor of Greek Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.