232 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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Plautus was Ancient Rome's greatest comic playwright, Shakespeare drew heavily on his plots, and his legacy is prevalent throughout modern drama. In this expanded edition of his successful book, one of America's foremost Classical scholars introduces performance criticism to the study of Plautus' ancient drama. In addition to the original detailed studies of six of the dramatists's plays, the... Read more
Chapter I Introduction: The Performance Dimension; Chapter II Epidicus; Chapter III The Ruse of Persia – or – The Story–Telling Slaves; Chapter IV Six Authors in Search of a Character – Asinaria as Guerrilla Theatre; Chapter V The Pilots of Penance – or – The Slave of Lust; Chapter VI The Double-Dealer – or – The Skin-Changer; Chapter VII Words, Words, Words; Chapter VIII Convention and Reaction; Chapter IX Playwriting as Heroism;
Biography
Niall W. Slater Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
