Main entry:

Bieber, Margarete, 1879-1976.

Title & Author:

The history of the Greek and Roman theater / by Margarete Bieber.

Edition:

[2d ed., rev. and enl.].

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1961.

Description:

xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-332) and index.
The rise of the satyr play and of tragedy -- Attic tragedy: The oldest attic tragic poets ; Aeschylus ; Sophocles ; Euripides ; Post-Euripidean tragedy -- Old comedy and middle comedy ; Aristophanes -- The Dionysiac festivals -- The development of the theater building in the Classical period -- Scenery and mechanical devices -- The evolution of the art of acting -- New comedy ; Menander -- The Hellenistic theater building -- Italian popular comedy (the phlyakes) -- The Roman plays at the time of the Republic: The early Republican period ; The last centuries of the Republic (ca. 250-30 B.C.) ; Naevius, Plautus, Terrence -- The art of acting at Rome -- The development of the Roman theater building during the Republican period -- Roman theater buildings in Italy and the provinces during the empire: Purely Roman theaters ; Graeco-Roman theaters ; Odea ; Sculptured decorations -- Plays of the Roman empire ; Seneca -- The influence of the ancient theater on the modern theater.

Summary:

Discusses all aspects, from the rise of the satyr plays and tragedy through the arena games of the Roman Empire.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0691002126 (pbk.)
9780691002125 (pbk.)
0691035210
9780691035215

Subject:

Theater Greece History To 500.
Theater History To 500.
Theater Rome.
Theaters Greece.
Theaters Rome.
Art, Classical.
Art, Roman.
Greek drama History and criticism.
Latin drama History.
Théâtre grec Histoire et critique.
Théâtre latin Histoire.
Théâtre Grèce Histoire Jusqu'à 500.
Théâtre Histoire Jusqu'à 500.
Théâtre Rome.
Art antique.
Art romain.
Latin drama
Greek drama
Theater
Theaters
Toneel.
Griekse oudheid.
Theater Greece.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500
Theater History To 500 Greece

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 63602
Call No.: ID PO1285 PA3201.B5; ID:85-B8369
Status: Available

Location: Library main 63601
Call No.: ID PA3201.B5; ID:85-B8369
Status: Available