Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart

Provides a general account of the Roman theater and its audience, and records some of the results of the author's experiments in constructing a full-scale repli

Roman comedy evolved early in the war-torn 200s BCE. Troupes of lower-class and slave actors traveled through a militarized landscape full of displaced persons

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts.

Drawing on insights from various disciplines (philology, archaeology, art) as well as from performance and reception studies, this volume shows how a heightened