Dr Erica Bexley erica.m.bexley@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
This article examines the literary evidence for recitations of drama in first- and early second-century C.E.Rome. It begins by contextualizing the practice of recitatio, and thereafter focuses on the central question of how a solo speaker could recite a play so as to render it intelligible for his audience. Two solutions suggested by extant sources are voice and gesture; it is possible that the individuals reciting plays either altered their intonation or inserted specific movements to signify a change of character. Although both of these solutions are tentative, they indicate nonetheless that dramatic recitation involved elements of performance.
Bexley, E. (2015). What is Dramatic Recitation?. Mnemosyne: A Journal of Classical Studies, 68(5), 774-793. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568525x-12341693
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Sep 14, 2015 |
Publication Date | Sep 14, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Sep 27, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 3, 2017 |
Journal | Mnemosyne |
Print ISSN | 0026-7074 |
Electronic ISSN | 1568-525X |
Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 68 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 774-793 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/1568525x-12341693 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1375808 |
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