Exits and Entrances in Menander
by
K. B. Frost
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Classical and Philosophical Monographs
ISBN-10
0198147236
ISBN-13
9780198147237
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 1988
Print length
128 Pages
Weight
304 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 14.60 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalLiterary studies: plays & playwrights
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Using as evidence the texts of Menander's comedies, this work surveys the restraints imposed on the movements of characters by 4th century theatrical conventions and cites comparison with the Romans Plautus and Terence.
The discoveries of large fragments of Menander''s comedies have produced many studies which concentrate on his talents for characterization and plot construction while leaving his abilities as a dramatist who wrote for performance by actors largely unappreciated. Using the texts as evidence, this book surveys the restraints on the comings and goings of characters on and off the stage that were imposed on the playwright by fourth-century theatrical conventions. Then, in the course of a systematic examination of stage-movements in the surviving plays, it highlights the skill with which Menander worked within those limits, on occasion even turning them to his advantage. Examples of the more stylized techniques of his Roman adapters and Plautus and Terence are cited for comparison.
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