Roman republican theatre /

• Main Author: Manuwald, Gesine (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
• Subjects: Λατινικό δράμα > Ιστορία και κριτική; Θέατρο > Ρώμη; Θέατρο > Ιστορία > Μέχρι το 500; Λογοτεχνία και ιστορία > Ρώμη; Ρώμη > Ιστορία > Δημοκρατία, 510-30 π.Χ.; Ρώμη > Ιστοριογραφία; Ρώμη > Στη λογοτεχνία

"Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus and Terence the sources are fragmentary and difficult to interpret and contextualise. This book pr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Previous scholarship and the present approach
• pt. 1. The Cultural and Institutional Background. 1, The evolution of Roman drama. 2, Production and reception
• pt. 2. Dramatic Poetry. 3, Dramatic genres. 4, Dramatic poets. 5, Dramatic themes and techniques
• Overview and conclusions: Republican drama.