Demons and Dancers

Performance in Late Antiquity

Ruth Webb

    • Preface
    • Introduction
    1. Theater and Society
    2. Performers
    3. Pantomime: The Dancing Body
    4. The Pantomime as Drama: Dancers, Audiences, and the Communicative Body
    5. Mime: The Drama of Everyday Life
    6. Mime, Humor, and Society
    7. Images of Actors: Identification and Estrangement
    8. Ideas of the Audience: Possession and the Eye
    9. Christians and the Theater
    • Conclusion
    • Epilogue
    • Abbreviations
    • Biographical and Bibliographical Notes on the Principal Ancient Sources
    • Notes
    • Index
  • Cover: Demons and Dancers

Ruth Webb is Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College London, and Professeur Associée, Université Paris 10.