Festivals, Producers, Theatrical Spaces, and Records
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11745618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Fredric Franko (Hollins University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook Of Greek And Roman Comedy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199743544.013.020 |
| OpenAlex | W2667189916 |
| ISBN | 9780199743544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter considers how festivals, producers, and theatrical spaces influenced Roman comedy in the time of Plautus and Terence (ca. 210-160 BCE). Although the extant scripts and fragments of the comoedia palliata exhibit stylistic unity (Terence excepted), their theatrical contexts varied and evolved as opportunities for dramatic performances increased over time, both with regularly scheduled ludi (festivals in honor of divinities) and occasional opportunities. Little is known of the plays' producers, other than the names Publilius Pellio and Ambivius Turpio. Since no permanent stone theater existed in Rome until 55 BCE, theatrical presentations occupied temporary venues, often adjacent to temples and accommodating relatively small audiences, but evidence of their configurations has vanished. Didascaliae (production notices preserved in manuscripts) offer meager information; the literary and archaeological evidence from the Roman Empire and comparative evidence from Greek precedents can mislead
Ancient history · Art · Comedy · Empire · Extant taxon · Honor · Literature · Scripting language · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |