History of the TheatreKnown as the "bible" of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy's History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind, including worldwide coverage, more than 530 photos and illustrations, useful maps, and the expertise of Oscar G. Brockett and Franklin J. Hildy, two of the most widely respected theatre historians in the field. As with every edition, the text reflects the current state of knowledge and brings the history of theatre up to the present. This tenth edition continues to provide the most thorough and accurate assessment of theatre history available. |
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... Plautus , those possibly by Plautus , and those clearly not by Plautus . In the first group he placed twenty - one works , twenty of which have survived and are still credited to Plautus : The Comedy of Asses , The Merchant , The ...
... Plautus and Terence survived , even after the decline of Rome , perhaps because they were valued as models of spoken Latin . Since later critics turned to them as the foremost examples of comic drama , the plays of Plautus and Terence ...
... Plautus as models of oral style . During the fourteenth century a few persons began to appreci- ate the plays for ... Plautus's lost plays were rediscovered ; in 1453 , the fall of Constantinople brought many scholars , along with ...