The Roman stage

Frontmatter......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
DANCE AND DRAMA: THE PRE-LITERARY PERIOD IN ITALY......Page 21
LIVIUS ANDRONICUS AND THE COMING OF LITERARY DRAMA TO ROME......Page 31
NAEVIUS......Page 39
PLAUTUS: LIFE AND LIST OF PLAYS......Page 51
GREEK NEW COMEDY......Page 58
THE FAMOUS PLAYS OF PLAUTUS......Page 64
PLAUTUS: TREATMENT OF HIS ORIGINALS......Page 73
THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF ROMAN TRAGEDY......Page 80
PACUVIUS......Page 89
COMEDY AFTER THE DEATH OF PLAUTUS......Page 95
TERENCE......Page 101
THE OTHER COMPOSERS OF PALLIATAE......Page 125
ACCIUS......Page 131
NATIVE COMEDY: THE FABULA TOGATA......Page 140
POPULAR FARCE: THE FABULA ATELLANA......Page 149
THE LITERARY ATELLANA......Page 155
THE MIME......Page 161
THE LATIN PROLOGUES AND THEIR VALUE AS EVIDENCE FOR THEATRICAL CONDITIONS......Page 171
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ROMAN THEATRE......Page 176
SEATS IN THE ROMAN THEATRE......Page 183
THE SPECTATORS......Page 185
THE STAGE AND THE ACTORS' HOUSE......Page 188
COSTUMES AND MASKS......Page 196
THE ROMAN ORIGIN OF THE LAW OF FIVE ACTS......Page 210
MUSIC AND METRE......Page 233
EPILOGUE: DRAMA UNDER THE EMPIRE......Page 249
APPENDIX A: SEATS IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN THEATRES......Page 257
APPENDIX B: SIDE-ENTRANCES AND ΠΕΡΙΑΚΤΟΙ IN THE HELLENISTIC THEATRE......Page 264
APPENDIX C: THE ANGIPORTUM AND ROMAN DRAMA......Page 272
APPENDIX D: CREPIDATA, PALLIATA, TABERNARIA, TOGATA......Page 280
APPENDIX E: THE ROMAN STAGE CURTAIN......Page 283
APPENDIX F: CHANGE OF SCENE AND CHANGE OF SCENERY: THE QUESTION OF 'SETS'......Page 293
THE DOORS SHOWN ON THE STAGE......Page 305
SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 315
INDEX......Page 318