Aristophanes - "Frogs", edited with introduction and commentary by Sir Kenneth Dover; Aristophenes "Lysistrata", edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson; Aristophanes "Clouds", edited with introduction and commentary by Sir Kenneth Dover; Greek vases - lectures by J.D. Beazley, edited by D.C. Kurtz; the Meidias painter, Lucilia Burn; the Micali painter and his followers, Nigel Jonathan Spivey; Greek architectural terracottas, Nancy A. Winter.
`Oliver Taplin's imaginative approach to Greek drama amy change our
perpsective on the fate of both classical tragedy and - more
surprisingly - Old Comedy ... His discussions of the "Choregoi"
display scholarship as well as clever detective work ... This
incisive study will raise both cheers and hackles. But it will not
be ignored.'
Times Literary Supplement
'Oliver Taplin is the doyen of Greek theatre studies ... The
appearance of a third book on Greek drama must be an important
event. Comic Angels is modest in its scale and ambitions, but the
achievement is significant. The core of the book is entirely
convincing ... It is a mark of the book's concrete achievement that
it opens up so many potential areas of investigation. The 48 black
and white plates are a valuable resource.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
'the book is well written and interesting; the pictures are well
chosen, situated conveniently in the text, and easy to consult as
one reads ... altogether this is a book that students will find
easy reading ... anyone who is interested in the history of drama
must feel grateful to Taplin for bringing his thesis to public
attention in such an interesting format and with sufficient
illustration that even those not normally interested in vase
painting will
feel the attraction of these fascinating vases'
William J. Slater, McMaster University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
4.4 (1993)
'very worthwhile study ... the book has some superb, well-chosen
illustrations which demonstrate to good effect all of the feaures
we have come to associate with comic characters ... This is an
interesting and thought-provoking study, whih will encourage us to
reappraise some long-held assumptions about the role of comedy
beyond mainland Greece.'
Richard Harrison, The Greek Gazette, November 1993
'This brief but thoroughly argued book...will interest mostly the
specialist in vase-paintings, but moreso the student of the
influence and recption of Athenian drama. Black-and-white
photographs are numerous, all Greek quotations are translated,
footnotes are copious, and a thorough index is provided.'
Donald L Jennermann, Religious Studies Review, Vol 20, No 1,
January 1994
'T. writes enthusiastically and with personal engagement ... This
book is most stimulating both for art history and for the study of
comedy.'
John Wilkins, University of Exeter, The Classical REview, Vol.
XLIV, No. 2, 1994
`illuminating'
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