The theatrical background -- The city Dionysia and the theatre of Dionysus -- The Lenaea and its theatre -- The theatre -- The archaeological remains -- Aristophanes on the theatrical structure -- The raised stage -- The paraskenia -- The number of doors and the prothyron -- The roof -- The windows -- The parodoi -- The skene -- Scene indication and scene painting -- Stage properties -- The ekkyklema -- The mechane -- The actors -- The three-actor rule -- Mutes and extras -- The chief character as a point of unity -- Appendix: the division of roles between actors -- The chorus -- The development of the chorus -- Size and arrangement of the chorus -- Subsidiary choruses and special dancers -- Costume in old comedy -- The masks -- Appendix: allocation of the masks -- Appendix: the staging of the plays
Analysis
Ancient Greece Athens Theatre B.C.500-B.C.400 Historical sources Drama in Greek Aristophanes
