Vitrina cero. De la tragedia griega a la comedia romana: el teatro clásico

Exhibition at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional on the origins of theatre, from Greek tragedy to Roman comedy, based on bibliographic holdings and museum pieces.

The Museo Arqueológico Nacional devotes its Vitrina Cero space to a journey through theatre from its beginnings in ancient Greece to Roman comedy. The starting point is the birth of the performing arts in sixth-century BC Greece, a tradition that Rome inherited and spread throughout its empire.

The selection brings together bibliographic and museum holdings, partly belonging to the museum and partly drawn from external contributions. Among the books is an old edition devoted to the gods of Greece and Rome, that is, to Greco-Roman mythology. The pieces show how the authors, genres and forms of performance of Greco-Roman culture remain present today.

The Iberian Peninsula also preserves traces of this tradition, such as the Roman theatre of Sagunto, declared a Monumento Nacional. The proposal will appeal to anyone who wishes to learn about the origins of theatre through the books and objects that document it.