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  1. Roman Theatre of Classical antiquity
  2. • Ancient Roman theatre was heavily influenced by the Greek tradition, and as with many other literary genres Roman dramatists tended to adapt and translate from Greek drama.
  3. Greek vs. Roman • In comparing and contrasting ancient Roman and ancient Greek theatre, it can easily be said that Roman theatre was less influenced by religion. • Roman theatre more frequently featured war as a theme, subject and/ or action on stage. • Also, Roman theatre was more focused on aesthetic appeal.
  4. Theatre Space • The Romans further developed the Greek amphitheatre. • The “orchestra” became a semi- circle. • The “skene” became more elaborate.
  5. Other Roman entertainments occurred in stadiums.
  6. Costumes •  Roman costumes mirrored traditional Greek garments. •  Actors commonly wore a long white robe, called a Chiton. •  Mantels were wrapped around the Chitons. •  The color of the mantel denoted character and rank. –  Purple robe: young man –  Yellow robe: woman –  Yellow tassel: a god
  7. • Roman actors also wore masks. These masks were more grotesque and exaggerated than their Greek predecessors. • Initially all performers were male, but soon women were welcomed onto the stage as well.
  8. Plautus (c. 254 - c. 184 BC) • came from Umbria to Rome to find work as a comic actor • wrote over 130 plays (20 survive today) • plays were based on Greek works • wrote New Comedy, a comedy of manners depicting and satirizing the lives of the leisure class, using bold stock characters, complex plots, and much debauchery.
  9. 20th-Century Plautus • The successful Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962) was based, in part, on material from several plays by Plautus.
  10. Stock Characters in Roman Comedy • Stock characters were very important in Roman comedy. • Stock characters are immediately recognizable archetypical characters that appear in many plays. • Actors helped to establish these stock characters through their use of speech, movement costume, and mask. Thus, audiences grew to instantly recognize stock characters before the action of the play even kicked in.
  11. The Stock Characters •  adulescens: the young, rich, love-struck and none too brave hero; he tends to bemoan his fate and requires backup. –  [dark wig, crimson clothes] •  senex: the old man. He has several incarnations: a father, a miser, too strict, too soft, foolishly in love with a younger woman, etc. He usually comes up short in the end. –  [white garment, carries a staff]
  12. The Stock Characters, Cont’d •  leno: the unabashedly amoral, money- hungry proprietor of the brothel. –  [a tunic & mantel, often bald, moneybag] •  miles gloriosus: a braggart, self-absorbed soldier; considers himself handsome & brave; in reality he is stupid, cowardly, & gullible. –  [a tunic, long sleeves, curly hair] •  parasitus: a greedy beggar –  [long, black or gray garment]
  13. The Stock Characters, Cont’d •  servi: the clever servant/slave; talkative; loyal; engages in tricks and comedy; usually the largest part in the play; drives the plot; often the one who finds the truth out at the end of the play; tendency to use alliteration & rhythmic speech –  [tunics, scarves] •  ancilla: a maid or nurse of no particular age; usually a minor character used to move the plot by presenting information or helping to develop another character; sometimes a messenger.
  14. The Stock Characters, Cont’d •  matrona: the mother; loves her children, but is shrewd & temperamental towards her husband. –  [long garment with flowing sleeves, a mantel] •  meretrix: (prostitute): either a mercenary or devoted. The first type is older or more experienced and has seen a lot. The second type is truly in love with the adulescens. –  [very attractive, complex hairdo, yellow outfit] •  virgo: the young maiden; beautiful and virtuous with little personality; treated as a prize.
  15. Terence (c. 190 - c. 159 BC) •  a freed slave of African origin •  one of Ancient Rome’s most highly regarded playwrights •  his plays were largely re-workings of Greek comedies. •  style: light and witty. •  his work satirizes the life of his fellow citizens. •  his farce is less broad than that of Plautus, and he generally employs less singing and dancing.
  16. Seneca (c. 4 BC - 65 AD) • son of rhetorician, also named Seneca • referred to as “Seneca the Younger” • tutored young Nero, who later became emperor • a respected statesman and philosopher, as well as dramatist • wrote tragedies based on Greek works • falsely accused of trying to assassinate Nero; sentenced to imperial “suicide”
  17. Nero • The Emperor Nero loved the theatre and would often take a solo part— thinly masked. He played such roles as Hercules, Oedipus and Orestes. In 66 AD, he undertook a tour of Greek theatres, returning to Rome with 1,808 triumphal crowns!
  18. FIN

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