Description
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive study of the diverse populations that attended Athenian dramatic festivals from the Classical to the Hellenistic periods.
Trade ReviewRoselli does not hide the fragmentary and contradictory state of the evidence for ancient audiences, and he takes important steps towards reconciling and explaining much of it. Although he discusses some modern theoretical frameworks for understanding theater audiences, particularly in his introduction and first chapter, he does not allow unifying theories to guide the inclusion or exclusion of evidence. The result is a rich and winding path through a huge amount of material. * Phoenix *
Table of Contents
- Conventions and Abbreviations Used
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Theater and People in Athens
- Chapter 1. The Idea of the Audience and Its Role in the Theater
- Chapter 2. Space and Spectators in the Theater
- Chapter 3. The Economics of the Theater: Theoric Distributions and Class Divisions
- Chapter 4. Noncitizens in the Theater
- Chapter 5. Women and the Theater Audience
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
