Athenian Tragedy in Performance

Foregrounding critical questions about the tension between the study of drama as literature versus the study of performance, Melinda Powers investigates the methodological problems that arise in some of the latest research on ancient Greek theatre. She examines key issues and debates about the fifth-century theatrical space, audience, chorus, performance style, costuming, properties, gesture, and mask, and aims to understand her subject better by exploring the shared historical problems that all scholars confront as they interpret and explain Athenian tragedy.