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Source for the latest developments in Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today.
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HTML REDIRECT Please update your bookmarks to http didaskalia.open.ac.uk [note: no www If your browser does not automatically redirect you to the new address within 10 seconds, please use the link above. Site transferred 17 September 2003 copyright Didaskalia 2003...Index of articles on ancient Roman theatre.
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Roman Theatre Index A biography of the tragic poet. Caecilius Statius A biography of the comic dramatist. Ennius A brief biography of the Latin dramatist and Father of Roman poetry. Horace A biography of the Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus....An account of the ignoble end of the Roman drama; includes a list of related links.
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Downfall of the Classical Drama The elements of dance and song, never integrally united with the dialogue in Roman tragedy, were now altogether separated from it. While it became customary simply to recite tragedies to the small audiences who continued (or, as a matter of...