Organisation and The Theatre

Question 1

ludi scaenici

Answer 1

Scenic games

Question 2

200BCE

Answer 2

Six scenic games attached to major roman festivals between April and November

Question 3

180BCE

Answer 3

24 festival days for drama

Question 4

44BCE

Answer 4

42 festival days for drama

Question 5

Describe the funding of scenic games

Answer 5

Paid for in part by the state and in part by the magistrates responsible for running them (aediles usually, one by praetors)
Opportunity for popularity

Question 6

Pompey’s theatre

Answer 6

General and statesman Pompey builds first major stone theatre in Rome

Campus Martius

Stage 90m wide, theatre 150m
20,000 spectators

55BCE

Included arcades, a temple to Venus and a large portico

Question 7

First permanent theatres

Answer 7

Southern Italy - Pompeii

Question 8

Temporary theatres

Answer 8

Wooden structures which stood for the period of the festival only

Allowed ruling elite to kee political control (only performances they funded)

1st century BCE- elaborate, linen awnings, buildings lavishly decorates, seats on tired scaffolding

Question 9

Describe the scaenea frons

Answer 9

Back wall of the stage set
3 storeys and many columns
3 doors in an elaborate facade which led onto stage via a few steps

Question 10

Cavea

Answer 10

Seating area

Same height at scaenae frons

Question 11

Pulpitum

Answer 11

Stage
Made of wood and set on pillars
50x8m
Front wall 1m high made of elaborate stone

Question 12

Orchestra

Answer 12

Seating area reserved for VIPs

Question 13

Describe other permanent theatres

Answer 13

Greek model except they were free standing (no hillside) and enclosed on all sides