Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton
  • ʹTelling the taleʹ : a performing tradition from Homer to pantomime / Mark Griffith
  • Ancient theatre and performance culture / Richard P. Martin
  • Religion and drama / Fritz Graf
  • The socio-political dimension of ancient tragedy / Jon Hesk
  • Aristotleʹs Poetics and ancient dramatic theory / David Wiles
  • Politics and Aristophanes : watchword ʹcaution!ʹ / Gonda Van Steen
  • Comedy and society from Menander to Terence / Sander Goldberg
  • Lost theatre and performance traditions in Greece and Italy / Hugh Denard
  • Art and theatre in the ancient world / Richard Green
  • Festivals and audiences in Athens and Rome / Rush Rehm
  • Playing places : the temporary and the permanent / Richard Beacham
  • Chorus and dance in the ancient world / Yana Zarifi
  • Masks in Greek and Roman theatre / Gregory McCart
  • A material world : costume, properties and scenic effects / Graham Ley
  • Commodity : asking the wrong questions / J. Michael Walton
  • The dramatic legacy of myth : Oedipus in opera, radio, television and film / Marianne McDonald
  • Playwrights and plays
  • Glossary of Greek and Latin words and terms.