Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy by Amy Richlin

Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy

Amy Richlin

579 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction classics challenging reflective medium-paced
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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 and the newly enslaved; together, the actors made comedy to address mixed-class, hybrid...

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