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Edith Hall
Researcher at King's College London
Publications - 75
Citations - 1859
Edith Hall is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tragedy & Politics. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 71 publications receiving 1777 citations. Previous affiliations of Edith Hall include University of Oxford.
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Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy
TL;DR: Acknowldgements Preface Editions and abbreviations Setting the stage Inventing Persia The barbarian enters myth An Athenian rhetoric The polarity deconstructed Bibliography Index.
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The sociology of Athenian tragedy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on three types of pattern - plays in which male Athenian performers represented (i) mythical Athenians interacting with outsiders, (ii) women, (iii) significant slaves and (iv) non-Athenians, women, and slaves were in reality excluded from the assembly and normally had to be represented by a citizen in the lawcourts.
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New Directions in Ancient Pantomime
Edith Hall,Rosie Wyles +1 more
TL;DR: Pantomime: a lost chord of ancient culture as mentioned in this paper The PANTOMIME DANCER and his world 1. Inside the mask: pantomime from the performers' perspective 2. Pantomime performance and figured scenes on Roman sarcophagi.
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The Theatrical Cast of Athens
TL;DR: Froma Zeitlin this article was originally inspired by the con-gurations of gender in the parabasis of Aristophanes' Clouds, where the chorus consists of Athenian citizens costumed and masked as female Clouds, who temporarily assume the voice of the male poet who had created their own comedy.