Costume in Greek Classic Drama

132 Pages·2003·5.49 MB·English

by  Iris Brooke

Bibliographical Note This Dover edition, first published in 2003, is an
unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1962 by Theatre
Arts Books, New York.
The faintness of some of the very fine lines and details in the illustrations derive
entirely from the source. The reprint, therefore, is a faithful reproduction of the
original in all respects.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brooke, Iris.
Costume in Greek classic drama / Iris Brooke.
p. cm.
Originally published: New York : Theatre Arts Books, 1962.
Includes index.
9780486147826
1. Theater—Greece. 2. Costume—History—To 500. 3. Greek drama—History
and criticism. I. Title.

PA3203.B75 2003
792’.026’0938—dc21
2003048485

Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501
TO JANE KITTO
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
Index
Table of Figures
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Acknowledgements
Without the very valuable assistance of many of my friends and colleagues in
the Department of Classics, Bristol University, this book would probably never
have been achieved. For with such help I have managed to obtain fresh
translations from the passages which bear upon costume details so that I am able
to emphasize particular interesting points. Chief amongst such friends is
Professor Kitto who read my first rough copy and added many apt and
stimulating suggestions and comments. My investigations have been aided
greatly by the award of a Research Grant from the University that enabled me to
go to Greece and make drawings and actually handle much of the smaller
statuary as well as sense the atmosphere of the great theatres that still retain
much of their original significance.
The Staff of the British School at Athens smoothed my paths in many
directions; I am also indebted to the Museo Nazionale at Naples who gave me
every possible assistance.
For translations and double checkings of difficult passages and puzzling
drawings I am chiefly beholden to James Tester, Professor John Cook, David
Campbell, Michael Wotton and a young friend and neighbour John Hawks, who
has since won a Classics scholarship to Cambridge.
The books that I have found most useful are those by Sir Arthur Pickard-
Cambridge, The Theatre of Dionysus at Athens and Dramatic Festivals at
Athens, Professor W. Beare’s The Roman Stage, Professor T. B. L. Webster’s
Greek Theatre Production, Martin Robertson’s Skira book on Greek Paintings
and of course the works of Professor H. D. F. Kitto. Each of these specialists has
thrown a different light on a fascinating and elusive subject.
Of other friends Jane Kitto, who nobly retyped the whole book for me under
some considerable pressure for time, deserves more than an acknowledgement –
so I have dedicated the book to her as a small token of my very great
appreciation.
Fig. IA. The Rehearsal, Pompeii, ist cent. A.D.