Dictionary of Roman Theatre
Lexicon, Drama, Scenography. New Revised & Expanded Edition
By (author) Carmen González-Vázquez
Hardback (Published)
(August 2026)
ISBN: 9782503617268
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $157.00
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The Dictionary of Roman Theatre gathers Latin theatrical terminology pertaining to scenography, architectonics, sociology, politics, literature, language, art, and music, from the very beginnings of Roman theatre until the fifth century AD. It aims to understand Roman theatre as a complex system from two viewpoints: theatre as text (corresponding to the author), and theatre as performance or scenic text (corresponding to the company of actors). The communication also takes place between State and people, and between the author/actor and their audience. All of these converge in one element: the spectator.
Preliminary Notes
Prologue by Benjamín García-Hernández: On Semiotics and Classematic Relations in Theatrical Language
Introduction
1. Creation of a Latin Theatrical Lexicon corpus
2. From Inclusion in a Field to “Recurrence”
3. Theatrical Lexicon as Technical Lexicon
Bibliography, List of Abbreviations
Dictionary
Notes, Indices, Glossaries, Bibliography
Carmen González-Vázquez is Professor in the Department of Classical Philology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She focuses her research on ancient theatre, lexicology, literature and its forms of reception. She is a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics, and has earned six research and four teaching awards. Other published titles include Dictionary of Ancient Comedy Characters, of which she is director and author (2016), and Classics on the Air: Greek and Roman Theatre on the Radio (2024).
- By (author) Carmen González-Vázquez
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