Women in Roman Republican Drama (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

Latin plays were written for audiences whose gender perspectives and expectations were shaped by life in Rome, and the crowds watching the plays included both female citizens and female slaves. Relationships between men and women, ideas of masculinity and femininity, the stock characters of dowered wife and of prostitute—all of these are frequently staged in Roman tragedies and comedies. This is the first book to confront directly the role of women in Roman Republican plays of all genres, as well as to examine the role of gender in the influence of this tradition on later dramatists from Shakespeare to Sondheim. Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction (Dorota Dutsch, Sharon L. James, and David Konstan) 12 Part One. Females in Performance 24 Feats of Flesh: The Female Body on the Plautine Stage (Dorota Dutsch) 26 Slave-Woman Drag (Amy Richlin) 46 Music and Gender in Terence’s Hecyra (Timothy J. Moore) 77 Part Two. Women in Roman Drama and Society 98 Women in Control (Elaine Fantham) 100 Mater, Oratio, Filia: Listening to Mothers in Roman Comedy (Sharon L. James) 117 The Many Shapes of Sisterhood in Roman Comedy (Anne Feltovich) 137 Roman Women in the Fabula Togata (Jarrett Welsh) 164 Haut facul . . . femina una invenitur bona? Representations of Women in Republican Tragedy (Gesine Manuwald) 180 Part Three. Receptions 202 Machiavelli’s Mandragola and the Logic of Seduction (Valeria Cinaglia and David Konstan) 204 Shakespeare and the Roman Comic Meretrix (Ariana Traill) 222 The Triumph of Juno in Antônio José da Silva’s Anfitrião, ou Júpiter e Alcmena (Rodrigo Tadeu Gonçalves) 241 Contributors 262 Index 266 Part One: Females In Performance. Feats Of Flesh: The Female Body On The Plautine Stage / Dorota Dutsch -- Slave-woman Drag / Amy Richlin -- Music And Gender In Terence's Hecyra / Timothy J. Moore -- Part Two: Women In Roman Drama And Society. Women In Control / Elaine Fantham -- Mater, Oratio, Filia: Listening To Mothers In Roman Comedy / Sharon L. James -- The Many Shapes Of Sisterhood In Roman Comedy / Anne Feltovich -- Roman Women In The Fabula Togata / Jarrett Welsh -- Haut Facul ... Femina Una Invenitur Bona? Representations Of Women In Republican Tragedy / Gesine Manuwald -- Part Three: Receptions. Machiavelli's Mandragola And The Logic Of Seduction / Valeria Cinaglia And David Konstan -- Shakespeare And The Roman Comic Meretrix / Ariana Traill -- Juno's Triumph In Antonio Jose Da Silva's Anfitriao Ou Jupiter E Alcmena / Rodrigo T. Goncalves. Edited By Dorota Dutsch, Sharon L. James, David Konstan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. About the role of women in Roman Republican plays of all genres, and about the role of gender in the influence of this on later dramatists