Imaginary Space in Greek and Roman Theatre
Imaginary Space in Greek and Roman Theatre

Summary/Abstract: Studies of the imaginary space by classical philologists Klára Pražáková (1921) and Ferdinand Stiebitz (1937) were followed by Czech structuralist Karel Brušák (1991). The author investigates how this concept has been developed by modern scholars (Oliver Taplin, Froma Zeitlin, David Wiles, Rush Rehm). The author sees the dramatic space of the ancient theatre as a continuum which is made up of the on-stage world together with the imagined off-stage world. The interpretation of the play thus depends on an understanding between audience and the actors, who were the main mediators between the seen and the unseen.

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