The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic

W. Beare

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The Roman Stage

A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic

W. Beare

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2013

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

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674733060

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1951

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674730045

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Reprint 2013

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Front matter:

11

Main content:

292

Illustrations:

18

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674733060

eBook ISBN: 9780674733060

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674730045

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Latin drama -- History and criticism.; Theater -- Rome.

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