Actor and Character in Greek Tragedy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4553341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Damen (0000-0002-3557-5184, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 316 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3208183 |
| OpenAlex | W2328684959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
There is a well known but little discussed rule of Greek drama that only three actors played all the speaking characters in a tragedy.1 The rule had an unquestionably strong impact on the structure of Greek tragedy, as can be seen, for example, in Jocasta's early exit (Oedipus The King, 1072), which allows the actor to change mask and costume and return as the herdsman (1110).2 While scholars have researched the origin and nature of this rule in some depth, relatively little attention has been given to the ways in which Greek playwrights dealt with the rule.3
Aesthetics · Ancient Greek · Art · Character (mathematics · Drama · Geometry · Greek tragedy · Literature · Tragedy (event · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Mathematics
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |