A portrait of the artist I : theater-realistic art in Athens, 500-330 BC -- A portrait of the artist II : theater-realistic art in the Greek west, 400-300 BC -- The spread of theater and the rise of the actor -- Kallippides on the floor sweepings : the limits of realism in classical acting -- Cooking with Menander : slices from the ancient home entertainment industry? -- The politics of privatization : a short history of the privatization of drama from classical Athens to early imperial Rome
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This work examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theatre in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. The book presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study and offers a systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theatre outside Athens