CHAPTER XXV. THE ROMAN ORIGIN OF THE L AW OF FIVE ACTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
6. CHAPTER II. DANGE AND DRAMA: THE PRE-LITERARY PERIOD IN ITALY 9
7. CHAPTER III. LIVIUS ANDRONICUS AND THE COMING OF LITERARY DRAMA TO ROME 15
8. CHAPTER IV. NAEVIUS 23
9. CHAPTER V. PLAUTUS : LIFE AND LIST OF PLAYS 35
10. CHAPTER VI. GREEK NEW COMEDY 40
11. CHAPTER VII. THE FAMOUS PLAYS OF PLAUTUS 46
12. CHAPTER VIII. PLAUTUS: TREATMENT OF HIS ORIGINALS 53
13. CHAPTER IX. THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF ROMAN TRAGEDY 60
14. CHAPTER Χ. PAGUVIUS 69
15. CHAPTER XI. COMEDY AFTER THE DEATH OF PLAUTUS 75
16. CHAPTER XII. TERENCE 81
17. CHAPTER XIII. THE OTHER COMPOSERS OF PALLIATAE 105
18. CHAPTER XIV. AGCIUS 111
19. CHAPTER XV. NATIVE COMEDY: THE FABULA TOGATA 120
20. CHAPTER XVI. POPULAR FARCE: THE FABULA ATELLANA 129
21. CHAPTER XVII. THE LITERARY ATELLANA 135
22. CHAPTER XVIII. THE MIME 141
23. CHAPTER XIX. THE LATIN PROLOGUES AND THEIR VALUE AS EVIDENCE FOR THEATRICAL CONDITIONS 151
24. CHAPTER XX. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ROMAN THEATRE 156
25. CHAPTER XXI. SEATS IN THE ROMAN THEATRE 163
26. CHAPTER XXII. THE SPECTATORS 165
27. CHAPTER XXIII. THE STAGE AND THE ACTORS' HOUSE 168
28. CHAPTER XXIV. COSTUMES AND MASKS 176
29. CHAPTER XXV. THE ROMAN ORIGIN OF THE L AW OF FIVE ACTS 188
30. CHAPTER XXVI. MUSIC AND METRE 211
31. CHAPTER XXVII. EPILOGUE : DRAMA UNDER THE EMPIRE 225
32. APPENDICES
33. APPENDIX A: SEATS IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN THEATRES 233
34. APPENDIX В: SIDE-ENTRANCES AND ΠΕΡΙΑΚΤΟΙ IN THE HELLENISTIC THEATRE 240
35. APPENDIX С: THE ANGIPORTUM AND ROMAN DRAMA 248
36. APPENDIX D: CREPIDATA, PALLIATA, TABERNARIA, TOGATA 256
37. APPENDIX Ε: THE ROMAN STAGE CURTAIN 259
38. APPENDIX F: CHANGE OF SCENE AND CHANGE OF SCENERY : THE QUESTION OF ‘SETS’ 267
39. APPENDIX G: THE DOORS SHOWN ON THE STAGE 277
40. SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
41. INDEX 290