Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to offer some suggestions on theperformance of Menander’s plays in the Theater of Dionysus in Athens. Theissues under discussion are as follows: use of a stage with three doors (as entrances either to three houses or to a temple and two houses); the lack of a doorin the case of shrines; representation of a two-story house; on-stage dances;use of an altar; the staging of internal scenes; the possible existence of a raisedstage separating the chorus from the characters; and relics of the tradition incorporating the chorus into the action. To corroborate the argumentation, reference is made to Latin comedies, Aristophanic plays and Greek tragedies, as well as to mosaics depicting scenes from Menander’s plays.
