A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre by Jessica Clarke - 9781836245193

A New History of Ancient Roman TheatreAuthor(s): Jessica Clarke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781836245193, 978-1836245193\nSynopsis\nRoman theatre is a term often used to describe the theatre of ancient Italy during the second and third century BCE. Plautus and Terence are referred to as Roman playwrights, and Rome itself is generally regarded as the driving force behind the development of theatrical culture in Italy. But was this early theatre in Italy specifically or characteristically Roman? Using previously marginalised archaeological source material and placing it in constructive dialogue with the surviving ancient literature, this book offers a significant reinterpretation of how theatre developed in the Italian peninsula, as well as a radical reappraisal of the role of Republican Rome as the impetus for cultural change. Challenging a long-held scholarly consensus, it is argued that whil.