Provides a general account of the Roman theater and its audience, and records some of the results of the author's experiments in constructing a full-scale repli
The relationship between actors and spectators has been of perennial interest to playwrights. The Roman playwright Plautus (ca. 200 BCE) was particularly adept
Drawing on insights from various disciplines (philology, archaeology, art) as well as from performance and reception studies, this volume shows how a heightened
Theater, spectacle, and performance played significant roles in the political and social structure of the Roman Empire, which was diverse in population and lang
Roman comedy evolved early in the war-torn 200s BCE. Troupes of lower-class and slave actors traveled through a militarized landscape full of displaced persons