The Theatrical Cast of Athens

Edith Hall is Professor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Co-Director, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Theatrical Roles of Athens ; 3. Childbearing Women: Birth and Family Crisis in Ancient Drama ; 4. Visible Women: Painted Masks and Tragic Aesthetics ; 5. Horny Satyrs and Tragic Tetralogies ; 6. Metapoetic Females in Old Comedy ; 7. Recasting the Barbarian ; 8. The Scythian Archer in Aristohanes' 'Thesmophoriazusae' ; 9. Drowning Act: The Greeks, Swimming, and Timotheus' 'Persians' ; 10. Singing Roles in Tragedy ; 11. Casting the Role of Trygaeus in Aristophanes' 'Peace' ; 12. Lawcourt Dramas: Acting and Performance in Legal Oratory ; Afterword

...the papers are so interesting to follow and offer so many juxtapositions and ideas as they proceed, they are both enjoyable and valuable