The Theater of Plautus
Playing to the Audience
The relationship between actors and spectators has been of perennial interest to playwrights. The Roman playwright Plautus (ca. 200 BCE) was particularly adept at manipulating this relationship. Plautus allowed his actors to acknowledge freely the illusion in which they were taking part, to elicit laughter through humorous asides and monologues, and simultaneously to flatter and tease the spectators.These metatheatrical techniques are the focus of Timothy J. Moore's innovative study of the comedies of Plautus. The first part of the book examines Plautus' techniques in detail, while the second part explores how he used them in the plays Pseudo…
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- ISBN: 978-0-292-75217-7
- EAN: 9780292752177
- Produktnummer: 1551517
- Verlag: University of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 275 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 414 g
- Abbildungen: 2 b&w illus.
- Gewicht: 414
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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