A new account of Greek comedy performance from its sixth-century origins to New Comedy, drawing upon fresh visual evidence.

This book provides a unique panorama of this challenging area of Greek literature, combining literary perspectives with historical issues and material culture.

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In this updated and extended edition of The Greek Sense of Theatre, scholar and practitioner J.Michael Walton revises and expands his visual approach to the the

Originally published in 1956, this is a critical analysis of the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander studied in the context of the history of comedy, of the a