
The Attic theatre
by A. E. Haigh
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Chapters (470)
- THE ATTIC THEATRE
- CHAPTER I DRAMATIC CONTESTS AT ATHENS
- § 1. General Character of the Contests.
- § 2. Earliest history of Dramatic Competitions.
- § 3. The City Dionysia.
- § 4. Tragedy at the City Dionysia.
- § 5. Comedy at the City Dionysia.
- § 6. Order of Contests at the City Dionysia.
- § 7. The Lenaea.
- § 8. Rural Dionysia and Anthesteria.
- § 9. The Judges.
- § 10. The Prizes.
- § 11. Contests between actors.
- § 12. Records of dramatic contests.
- CHAPTER II THE PREPARATION FOR THE CONTESTS
- § 1. The Poets.
- § 2. The Choregi.
- § 3. Selection of the Actors.
- § 4. The Training of the Chorus.
- § 5. The Expenses of the Choregia.
- § 6. The Performances in the Theatre.
- § 7. Reproduction of Old Plays.
- CHAPTER III THE THEATRE
- § 1. Introductory.
- § 2. The old Wooden Theatres at Athens.
- § 3. The Stone Theatre.
- § 4. The Auditorium.
- § 5. The Orchestra.
- § 6. Ruins of the Stage-buildings at Athens.
- § 7. The Earlier Stage-buildings.
- § 8. The later Stage-buildings of the pre-Roman period.
- § 9. Puchstein’s Theory of the Stage-buildings.
- § 10. The Stage-buildings in Roman Times.
- § 11. Exceptional Stage-buildings.
- § 12. Wieseler’s Theory of the Greek Stage.
- § 13. Dörpfeld’s Theory of the Greek Stage.
- § 14. Various Details.
- CHAPTER IV THE SCENERY
- § 1. General Character of the Scenery.
- § 2. Mechanical Arrangements for the Scenery.
- § 3. The Entrances to the Stage.
- § 4. Changes of Scene.
- § 5. Stage Properties, &c.
- § 6. The Ekkyklema.
- § 7. The Mechane and Theologeion.
- § 8. Other Mechanical Contrivances.
- CHAPTER V THE ACTORS
- § 1. Rise of the Actor’s Profession.
- § 2. The distribution of the Parts among the Actors.
- § 3. Extra Performers.
- § 4. Costume of the Tragic Actors.
- § 5. Costume of Satyric Actors.
- § 6. Costume of Comic Actors.
- § 7. Speech, Song, and Recitative.
- § 8. Importance of the Voice in Greek Acting.
- § 9. Style of Greek Acting.
- § 10. The Actors’ Guild.
- § 11. Social Position of Actors.
- § 12. Celebrated Athenian Actors.
- CHAPTER VI THE CHORUS
- § 1. History of the Chorus.
- § 2. Size of the Chorus.
- § 3. Costume of the Chorus.
- § 4. Arrangement of the Chorus.
- § 5. The Delivery of the Choral Part.
- § 6. The Dancing.
- § 7. The Music.
- CHAPTER VII THE AUDIENCE
- § 1. Composition of the Audience.
- § 2. Price of Admission.
- § 3. The Distribution of the Seats.
- § 4. Various Arrangements in connexion with the Audience.
- § 5. Character of Attic Audiences.
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- I. List of victors in the City Dionysia (C. I. A. ii. 971, iv. 971).
- II. Record of Comic Contests at the Lenaea (C. I. A. ii. 972, Col. I).
- III. Record of Tragic Contests at the Lenaea (C. I. A. ii. 972, Col. II).
- IV. Record of Tragic Contests at the City Dionysia (C. I. A. ii. 973).
- V. Record of Comic Contests (festival uncertain).
- VI. Record of Comic Contests at the City Dionysia (C. I. A. ii. 975).
- VII. Lists of tragic and comic poets and actors, and the number of their victories (C. I. A. ii. 977, iv. 977).
- 1. Tragic poets.
- 2. Comic poets.
- 3. Tragic actors.
- 4. Comic actors.
- VIII. The following inscriptions are also of interest:—
- APPENDIX C THE ORIGINAL PLACE OF THE LENAEA
- APPENDIX D
- FOOTNOTES
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