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Latin 205
Presentation Topics
All members of the technical crew will give a 15-20 minute report
during the second week of block on their area of expertise after reading
the appropriate secondary material. These reports should accomplish two
things:
- inform the rest of the class about Roman theatrical practice in your
area.
- propose specific suggestions for the class performance.
Each group should present to the class a written summary/outline of the material they read
and a written report on the suggestions for the performance. On each handout, please include the topic, names of presenters, and bibliography consulted.
Consult the bibliography
for the complete reference. Duckworth and Beare are on reserve at Cole
Library. I have a copy of Marshall that I will share with you. Articles marked with $ are especially important. All oral reports benefit from some sort of audio-visual aid,
whether it is an outline of your presentation, pictures, plans, drawings,
or something else. Everyone from the group should be familiar with all the readings since some readings present different takes on the ancient evidence. Everyone in the group should contribute to and participate in the class
presentation. Finally, reports should not be longer than 20 minutes so that there
is ample time for questions and comments.
Costumes
- Saunders, ch 1;
- Beare, Ch.24, "Costumes";
- Bieber, look up references to Costumes in Roman comedy in the index;
- Wiles, Ch 7;
- Marshall, "Costume," 56-66
Make-up/Masks
- Wiles, Chs 5-6;
- Beare, Ch 24, "Masks" and App. I
- Marshall, Ch 3, "Masks," 126-58
Music and Meter
- Duckworth, Ch 13, "Meter and Song";
- Beare, Ch 26, "Music and Metre";
- Anderson, Ch 5, "Comedy by the Numbers"
- Moore, "Music and Structure in Roman Comedy"$
- Moore, "Facing the Music: Character and Musical Accompaniment
in Roman Comedy," esp. pp. 130-43, 151-53$
- relevant portions of Law, Studies
- Marshall, Ch 5, "Music and Metre," 203-44
Props
- Ketterer, "Stage Properties"$
- Beare, Ch 23, "Stage and Actor's House" and App. C,E,F,G,H
- Marshall, "Stage Properties," 66-72
Scenery
- Duckworth, Ch 4, "Presentation and Staging," pp. 79-88
- Beare, Ch 23, "The Stage and the Actors' House," and App.
E, F, G
- Beacham, Ch 3, "Early Roman Stages," esp. the part of the
chapter where he discusses stages from the time of Plautus and Terence
- Marshall, "Set," 49-56
Publicity/House Managers
- Duckworth, Ch 4, "Presentation and Staging," pp. 73-79
- Beare, Ch 20, "Organization of Roman Theater" and Chs 21-22, "Seating and Spectators" and App. A
- Marshall, "Performance Spaces," 31-48 and "Audience," 73-82
Technical Director
- Duckworth, Ch 5, "Stage conventions and Techniques";
- Slater, Ch 8, "Convention and Reaction"
- Marshall, Ch 4, "Stage Action"
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