Roman Tragedy: Theatre to Theatricality

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r o m a n t r a g e d y THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ROMAN TRAGEDY Theatre to Theatricality M A R I O E R A S M O UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS austin Publication of this book has been generously assisted by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the James R. Dougherty, Jr., Foundation, the Dougherty Foundation, Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation, Lucy Shoe Meritt, Mark and Jo Ann Finley, Anne Byrd Nalle, and other individual donors. Copyright © 2004 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2004 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713–7819. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Erasmo, Mario. Roman tragedy : theatre to theatricality / by Mario Erasmo. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-292-70242-6 (alk. paper) 1. Latin drama (Tragedy)—History and criticism. 2. Theater—Rome. I. Title. pa6068.e73 2004 872⬘.0109—dc22 2004001670 ⬁ 䊊 To my mother and in memory of my father: laetus sum laudari me abs te, pater, a laudato viro (Naevius Hector proficiscens) THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...