The Roman Theatre and Its AudienceDrawing on recent archaeological investigations, new scholarship, and the author's own original research and staging experience, this book offers a new and fascinating picture of theatrical performance in the ancient world. Richard Beacham traces the history of the Roman theatre, from its origins in the fourth century B.C. to the demise of formal theatrical activity at the end of antiquity. He characterizes the comedy of Plautus and Terence and the audience to which the Roman playwrights were appealing; describes staging, scenery, costuming, and performance style; and details a variety of theatrical forms, including comedy, tragedy, mime, pantomime, and spectacles. |
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... author of the Greek original . It is not known how plays given at the festivals were publicized , though word of mouth is likely to have played a part . How effective this was is open to doubt ; the prologue to Terence's Hecyra ( on the ...
... author of the Greek original . It is not known how plays given at the festivals were publicized , though word of mouth is likely to have played a part . How effective this was is open to doubt ; the prologue to Terence's Hecyra ( on the ...
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... authors , the primitive play - maker Plautus ; that modern theatre architecture arose from attempts to copy Roman practice but resulted in a form quite unknown in antiquity ; and that the most profound influence upon modern tragedy was ...
... authors , the primitive play - maker Plautus ; that modern theatre architecture arose from attempts to copy Roman practice but resulted in a form quite unknown in antiquity ; and that the most profound influence upon modern tragedy was ...
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... authors and their extant writings found at the beginning of the Oxford Classical Dictionary ( 2nd edn , 1970 ) . 1 AN AUDIENCE IN SEARCH OF A THEATRE 1 Livy , Ab Urbe Condita , 7.2 . records the event for the year 364-3 BC The passage ...
... authors and their extant writings found at the beginning of the Oxford Classical Dictionary ( 2nd edn , 1970 ) . 1 AN AUDIENCE IN SEARCH OF A THEATRE 1 Livy , Ab Urbe Condita , 7.2 . records the event for the year 364-3 BC The passage ...
Contents
EARLY ROMAN STAGES | 56 |
PERFORMING A PLAY | 86 |
TRAGEDY MIME AND PANTOMIME | 117 |
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