Plautus in Performance

The Theatre of the Mind

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3937797
AutoresPeter L Smith (autor correspondente), Niall W Slater (0000-0002-7030-8073)
Ano1986
Volume40
Fascículo2
Páginas218
Data de publicação1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhoenix (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1088520
OpenAlexW2011415604
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26

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 methodology of performance criticism, the use of conventions, and the nature of comic heroism in Plautus, this edition includes new studies on: * the induction into the world of the play * the scripted imitation of improvisation * Plautus's comments on his previous work * the nature of 'tragicomedy

Art · Visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism