Theater without Theaters: Seeing Plays the Roman Way
The Roman plays we know best, the comedies of Plautus and Terence, were first performed when we know least about where and how plays were staged. Greater attention to production values and advances in the study of Roman material culture offer new insights. This essay looks specifically at the Forum...
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Published in | TAPA (Society for Classical Studies) Vol. 148; no. 1; pp. 139 - 172 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Press
01.03.2018
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Summary: | The Roman plays we know best, the comedies of Plautus and Terence, were first performed when we know least about where and how plays were staged. Greater attention to production values and advances in the study of Roman material culture offer new insights. This essay looks specifically at the Forum Romanum, a documented site for theatrical and gladiatorial shows in Republican Rome, combining textual and material evidence with computer-generated models to explore the possibilities for performances in this area. How the venue may have shaped the extant texts and what those texts may reveal about the venue are also considered. |
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ISSN: | 2575-7180 2575-7199 2575-7199 |
DOI: | 10.1353/apa.2018.0006 |