‘Defining Paratheatre, From Grotowski to Antiquity’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. ‘“Theatre”, “Paratheatre”, “Metatheatre”: What Are We Talking About?’ 1
5. Theatre and Paratheatre
6. Definitions and Limits of Theatrical Performances
7. ‘Diffused Performance and Core Performance of Greek Theatre’ 21
8. ‘(Un)Masking the πόλις: The Pre-Play Ceremonies of the Athenian Great Dionysia as Theatrical Performances?’ 29
9. ‘Greek to Latin and Back: Did Roman Theatre Change Greek Theatre?’ 63
10. Paratheatre
11. ‘Defining Paratheatre, From Grotowski to Antiquity’ 89
12. Metatheatre
13. Theoretical Aspects
14. ‘New Thoughts on Metatheatre in Attic Drama: Self-Referentiality, Ritual and Performativity as Total Theatre’ 107
15. Performative Aspects
16. ‘A Gesture That Reveals Itself As a Gesture: Thinking About the Metatheatricality of the Body in Greek Tragedy’ 133
17. Case Studies
18. Tragedy
19. ‘Metatheatre and Dramaturgical Innovation: A Study of Recognition Scenes in Euripides’ Tragedies Electra, Helen, Iphigenia in Tauris, and Ion’ 153
20. ‘The Mask of Troy: Metatheatre in the Prologue and Final kommos of Euripides’ Troades’ 177
21. Aristophanes, Old Comedy
22. ‘Animal Metaphors and Metadrama. A Cultural Insight into the Verb πιθηκίζειν’ 193
23. ‘Ar. Eccl. 889 ὅμως ἔχει τερπνόν τι καὶ κωμῳδικόν. A Comedy’s Self- Consideration of Its Lyrical Forms at the Dawn of “Middle Comedy”?’ 213
24. Mimes
25. ‘Mime and Metatheatre’ 235
26. Abbreviations 253
27. Bibliography 257
28. List of Contributors 285
29. Index verborum 289
30. Index locorum 295