Performance and Identity in the Classical World (Hardback)
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Short Description for Performance and Identity in the Classical World This 2005 text addresses issue of impersonation, from the late fifth century BCE to the early Roman Empire.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 28 February 2006
- Format: Hardback 250 pages
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- Categories: Theatre Studies | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780521852821 ISBN 10: 052185282X
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Full description for Performance and Identity in the Classical World
Performance and Identity in the Classical World traces attitudes towards actors in Greek and Roman culture as a means of understanding ancient conceptions of, and anxieties about, the self. Actors were often viewed as frauds and impostors, capable of deliberately fabricating their identities. Conversely, they were sometimes viewed as possessed by the characters that they played, or as merely playing themselves onstage. Numerous sources reveal an uneasy fascination with actors and acting, from the writings of elite intellectuals (philosophers, orators, biographers, historians) to the abundant theatrical anecdotes that can be read as a body of 'popular performance theory'. This 2005 text examines these sources, along with dramatic texts and addresses the issue of impersonation, from the late fifth century BCE to the early Roman Empire.
