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The Greek Sense of Theatre
Author(s): J. Walton (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: July 1, 1996
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 3718658526
- ISBN-13: 9783718658527
Book Description
In this work the author proposes that one should consider Greek tragedy of the 5th-century BC as performance-based, with a visual emphasis. He does not consider language as the most important feature of Greek drama. Professor Walton also contends that a close consideration of the surviving Greek tragedies reveals that all three major tragedians wrote with a masked performance in mind which promoted the use of visual images above and beyond the spoken word.
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About the Author
Professor J. Michael Walton is currently Head of the Drama Department at the University of Hull.
