Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy: From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation by David Wiles

Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy: From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation

David Wiles

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Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? In this book, first published in 2007, David Wiles provided the first book-length study of this question. He surveys the evidence of vases and other monuments, arguing that they portr...

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