Plautus: Curculio
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 11 February 2021
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781350079748
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages200 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
- Weight 376 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 13 bw illus 128
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Long description:
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This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy brown-nosed title character (""The Weevil"") bamboozles a shady banker and a pious pimp to secure the freedom of the enslaved girl his patron has fallen for while keeping her out of the clutches of a megalomaniacal soldier. It all takes place in the Greek city Epidaurus, the most important site for the worship of the healing god Aesculapius, an unusual setting for an ancient comedy. But a mid-play monologue by the stage manager shows us where the action really is: in the real-life Roman Forum, in the lives and low-lifes of the audience.
This study explores the world of Curculio and the world of Plautus, with special attention to how the play was originally performed (including the first-ever comprehensive musical analysis of the play), the play's plots and themes, and its connections to ancient Roman cultural practices of love, sex, religion, food, and class. Plautus: Curculio also offers the first performance and reception history of the play: how it has survived through more than two millennia and its appearances in the modern world.
Table of Contents:
Dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1. Plautus, Curculio, and Roman Comedy: The Basics
2. What's Going on in Curculio
3. Major Themes and Humor in Curculio
4. Curculio in Performance: Music, Song, and Dance
5. Curculio in Performance: Stagecraft
6. Play inside and outside the Play: Curculio and Metatheater
7. The Speech of the Choragus
8. Curculio and Roman Life
9. Curculio after Plautus
Key Terms and Definitions
Notes and Reading Recommendations
Index
