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Roman republican theatre /

"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 from the surviving plays of Plautus and Terence the sources are fragmentary and difficult to interpret and contextualise. This book pr...

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Main Author: Gesine Manuwald
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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