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[[Melpomene]], the muse of tragedy, is often depicted holding the tragic mask and wearing buskins. [[Thalia (muse)|Thalia]], the muse of comedy, is similarly associated with the mask of comedy and comic’s socks. Some people refer to the masks themselves as "Sock and Buskin."<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Mackay|title=A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and His Contemporaries Traced Etymologically to the Ancient Language of the British People as Spoken Before the Irruption of the Danes and Saxons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKXTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA48|year=1887|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington|pages=48}}</ref> |
[[Melpomene]], the muse of tragedy, is often depicted holding the tragic mask and wearing buskins. [[Thalia (muse)|Thalia]], the muse of comedy, is similarly associated with the mask of comedy and comic’s socks. Some people refer to the masks themselves as "Sock and Buskin."<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Mackay|title=A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and His Contemporaries Traced Etymologically to the Ancient Language of the British People as Spoken Before the Irruption of the Danes and Saxons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKXTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA48|year=1887|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington|pages=48}}</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
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Several theatre organizations are known by the name: |
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* [[Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company| Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company at Carleton University]] - [http://ww.socknbuskin.com Sock 'n' Buskin Website found here]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company]], a troupe at Carleton University |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:41, 5 June 2019
The sock and buskin are two ancient symbols of comedy and tragedy. In Greek theatre, actors in tragic roles wore a boot called a buskin (Latin cothurnus). The actors with comedic roles only wore a thin soled shoe called a sock (Latin soccus).
Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, is often depicted holding the tragic mask and wearing buskins. Thalia, the muse of comedy, is similarly associated with the mask of comedy and comic’s socks. Some people refer to the masks themselves as "Sock and Buskin."[1]
See also
- Sock and Buskin (Brown University)
- Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company, a troupe at Carleton University
- Theatre of ancient Greece
References
- ^ Charles Mackay (1887). A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and His Contemporaries Traced Etymologically to the Ancient Language of the British People as Spoken Before the Irruption of the Danes and Saxons. S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. p. 48.
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