Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy

Description: Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy [Hardcover] Richlin, Amy Product Overview 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, multilingual audiences. Surveying the whole of the Plautine corpus, where slaves are central figures, and the extant fragments of early comedy, this book is grounded in the history of slavery and integrates theories of resistant speech, humor, and performance. Part I shows how actors joked about what people feared - natal alienation, beatings, sexual abuse, hard labor, hunger, poverty - and how street-theater forms confronted debt, violence, and war loss. Part II catalogues the onstage expression of what people desired: revenge, honor, free will, legal personhood, family, marriage, sex, food, free speech; a way home, through memory; and manumission, or escape - all complicated by the actors' maleness. Comedy starts with anger. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (February 23, 2018) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 578 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1107152313 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 11 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches Customer Reviews: 3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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