RT Journal Article
T1 “Atellana” Actors and Playwrights in the Epigraphic Evidence
A1 González Galera, Víctor
AB ABSTRACT: This contribution provides a study of the “fabula Atellana” from an epigraphic perspective. It brings together the existing inscriptions related to this dramatic genre, explaining the challenges that one faces when trying to identify possible “Atellana” actors. It also examines the status of “Atellana” performers and playwrights, contrasting the information provided by literary sources, especially Livy, with the data obtained from inscriptions, which indicate an increasing professionalization of “Atellana” actors in the first century A.D. Finally, this article poses some questions concerning the development, continuity and geographical diffusion of Atellan comedy in the Imperial era in the light of the epigraphic material and also in comparison with the evidence available for other popular shows, specifically mime and pantomime, which suggests that by the second century A.D. the “Atellana” was no longer performed on public stages but was rather represented in private settings and studied for its linguistic and rhetorical peculiarities.
PB Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Classical Association
SN 0009-8388
YR 2023
FD 2023-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118333
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118333
LA eng
NO González Galera, Víctor. «“Atellana” Actors and Playwrights in the Epigraphic Evidence». The Classical Quarterly, vol. 73, n.º 2, diciembre de 2023, pp. 758-776, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838823000629
NO This article is the result of the research conducted within the project ‘Theatrical Epigraphy in the Roman West’, financed by the NextGenerationEU Funds of the European Union, as well as by the Ministry of Universities and the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of the Spanish Government.
NO European Union
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 dic 2025