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The Theater of Plautus: Playing to the Audience
The Theater of Plautus Playing to the Audience
Author: Timothy J. Moore, University of Texas Press
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,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292752177
ISBN-10: 0292752172
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 263
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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