Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus: Four Plays (The Foucus Classical Library) - Softcover

Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus. Four Plays - Edited by David Christenson - The Foucus Classical Library.

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Buchbeschreibung Broschiert / Paperback. Zustand: Gut. V, 265 Seiten / p. sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Introduction -- Plautine theater must have been a lively spectacle. A cross-section of a stratified and status-conscious society - upper and lower ranks, women and men, young and old, free and slave, rich and poor, Roman, Italian and other - flocked into open-air, temporary theaters that were constructed solely for this spectacle and then dismantled. The occasions for theatrical performances in Rome were religious festivals held in honor of a god, which might also feature gladiator contests, chariot races, and various other entertainments. The competition for an audience thus was stiff, but Plautus seems to have been a very successful comic playwright; though Plautus himself was probably of low status, and not a Roman, the comedies of this "outsider" managed to capture the imagination of the diverse and predominantly Roman crowd at the festivals. A large part of Plautus success probably was due to the broad nature of his humor and the sheer delight of the playful and punning Latin his characters speak. But the rich social fabric of the plays no doubt also accounts for their appeal in the Rome of Plautus day - and perhaps also for the survival of twenty-one Plautine scripts through continuous copying by hand down to the Renaissance, when they were first published in book form, as they continue to be today, in Latin editions and in translations such as this volume. Just what has made Plautine theater so engaging to so many different types of people, in both the ancient and modern worlds? ISBN 9781585101559 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 360. Artikel-Nr. 1206085

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