New Directions in Ancient Pantomime

by Hall, Edith; Wyles, Rosie

• ISBN13: 9780199232536
• ISBN10: 0199232539
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"The study discusses all the key ancient sources for pantomime, and includes an appendix of selected source texts with translations keyed to the essays. It also prints a newly updated English translation of Jacob of Sarugh's Homilies on the Spectacles of the Theatre, one of the most important, though neglected, pieces of evidence for pantomime."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Edith Hall is Professor of Classics & Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Rosie Wyles is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
A Note on References to Source Texts
Pantomime, a Lost Chord of Ancient Culture	p. 1
The Pantomime Dancer and His World
Inside the Mask: Pantomime from the Performers' Perspective	p. 43
The Symbolism of Costume in Ancient Pantomime	p. 61
Pantomime Performance and Figured Scenes on Roman Sarcophagi	p. 87
Pantomime Actresses in Latin Inscriptions	p. 110
'Mime' and 'Pantomime': Some Problematic Texts	p. 146
Pantomime Libretti
The Pantomime Dancer and his Libretto	p. 157
Roman Pantomime Libretti and their Greek Themes: The Role of Augustus in the Romanization of the Greek Classics	p. 169
Virgil on the Popular Stage	p. 185
Et mea sunt populo saltata poemata saepe (Tristia 2.519): Ovid and the Pantomime	p. 198
Seneca and Pantomime (translated from the German by Edith Hall)	p. 218
The Influence of Pantomime on Seneca's Tragedies	p. 227
Is the 'Barcelona Alcestis' a Latin Pantomime Libretto?	p. 258
The Idea of the Pantomime Dancer
Was Pantomime 'good to think with' in the Ancient World?	p. 285
Lucian's On Dancing and the Models for a Discourse on Pantomime	p. 314
The Metamorphosis of Pantomime: Apuleius' Judgement of Paris (Met. 10.30-34)	p. 338
Ancient Pantomime and the Rise of Ballet	p. 363
Selected Source Texts	p. 378
Bibliography	p. 420
Index	p. 449
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