Some Social and Economic Conditions behind the Rise of the Acting Profession in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC
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3 septembre 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.8568
- isbn: 9782869061859
- eisbn: 9782869063532
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Eric Csapo, « Some Social and Economic Conditions behind the Rise of the Acting Profession in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.8568
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We do not often think of ancient theatre as a business, let alone consider the many unique features it had as a business in its day. From the time, at least, of the democratic reorganization, the Athenian Dionysia differed from other musical festivals in frequency, in scale, and in the variety of economic interests directly involved in its operations. We know of no other annual musical festival before the Dionysia. Its venue, the Theatre of Dionysos, was also larger than any other, holding ev...