A comprehensive survey of Roman theatrical production, this book examines all aspects of Roman performance practice, and provides fresh insights on the comedies of Plautus and Terence. Following an introductory chapter on the experience of Roman comedy from the perspective of Roman actors and the Roman audience, addressing among other things the economic concerns of putting on a play in the Roman republic, subsequent chapters provide detailed studies of troupe size and the implications for role assignment, masks, stage action, music, and improvisation in the plays of Plautus and Terence. Marshall argues that Roman comedy was raw comedy, much more rough-and-ready than its Hellenistic precursors, but still fully conscious of its literary past. The consequences of this lead to fresh conclusions concerning the dramatic structure of Roman comedy, and a clearer understanding of the relationship between the plays-as-text and the role of improvisation during performance.
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"This is not just a history of Roman theater, but a refreshing perspective from which one can reconstruct the circumstances of performance in the Roman world. This book deserves a place alongside histories of the Roman theater."
Eleni Bozia, Text & Presentation, 2007; The Comparative Drama Series, 4
2007 Outstanding Academic Title -- Choice Magazine
Eleni Bozia, Text & Presentation, 2007; The Comparative Drama Series, 4
2007 Outstanding Academic Title -- Choice Magazine
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A comprehensive survey of Roman theatrical production, this book examines all aspects of Roman performance practice. Chapters focus on the experience of Roman actors and the Roman audience, paying particular attention to doubling, masks, stage action, music, and improvisation in the plays of Plautus and Terence.
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troupe size, unscripted elements, stichic metres, servus currens, backstage communication, ludi funebres, fabulae palliatae, scripted theatre, adultery mime, metatheatrical joke, wooden amphitheatre, unscripted performance, ludi scaenici, stock routine, commedia dellarte, role doubling, miles gloriosus, speech boundary, final arc, eavesdropping scene, pure improvisation, complex fall, stage altar, performance variants, metrical variety Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Greek New Comedy, Heauton Timoroumenos, South Italian, Ambivius Turpio, Judi Apollinares, Judi Megalenses, New Comic, Aulus Gellius, Circus Maximus, Magna Mater, Valerius Maximus, Aemilius Paullus, Attic Nights, Circus Flaminius, Haruspicum Responso, Lacus Curtius, Rule of Three Actors, South Italy, Ars Poetica, Jacques Lecoq, Natural History New!
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troupe size, unscripted elements, stichic metres, servus currens, backstage communication, ludi funebres, fabulae palliatae, scripted theatre, adultery mime, metatheatrical joke, wooden amphitheatre, unscripted performance, ludi scaenici, stock routine, commedia dellarte, role doubling, miles gloriosus, speech boundary, final arc, eavesdropping scene, pure improvisation, complex fall, stage altar, performance variants, metrical variety Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Greek New Comedy, Heauton Timoroumenos, South Italian, Ambivius Turpio, Judi Apollinares, Judi Megalenses, New Comic, Aulus Gellius, Circus Maximus, Magna Mater, Valerius Maximus, Aemilius Paullus, Attic Nights, Circus Flaminius, Haruspicum Responso, Lacus Curtius, Rule of Three Actors, South Italy, Ars Poetica, Jacques Lecoq, Natural History New!
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