Sophocles
Description:... What was it like to see a play in the Theater of Dionysus, which may have accommodated 17,000 spectators, all of whom could see and hear the play clearly? Siegfried Melchinger brings the ancient theater to life, describing in fascinating detail the stage, the audience, the religious festival for which the plays were written, the use of sets, the function of the chorus, music and dance, the importance of the mask, the language of the play, and the way in which the actors played the parts. -- From publisher's description.
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