An exhibition dedicated to the theater of ancient Rome at the Ara Pacis Museum

From May 8 to Nov. 3, the Ara Pacis Museum opens TEATRO. Authors actors masks of the ancient scene, an exhibition focused on the vital force of theatrical performances, their popularity, the sometimes difficult lives of actors and other great protagonists of the world of “ludi” in Rome.

These are just some of the themes proposed by the exhibition, which aims to go “beyond” the stage, offering a “dramatic” slant in a philological sense: a living reconstruction, in which the protagonists of the ancient scenes themselves - featured in specially created footage - will involve the public in reliving the atmospheres that existed among the bleachers of the great Roman theaters, which reflected - divided by orders - the social and gender hierarchies of republican and imperial Rome. A tale that starts from the Greek, Magna Graecia, Etruscan and Italic roots of the Roman theater, from the religious origin of the “ludus” and the first wooden stages, to the splendor from the frons scenae of the great theaters for tens of thousands of spectators, architectures that - like the forum or the temple - will characterize the forma urbis of the empire.

For all information, you can visit the official website of the Ara Pacis Museum.

An exhibition dedicated to the theater of ancient Rome at the Ara Pacis Museum

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