Roman Drama

Question 1

Evolved from

Answer 1

Ancient Greece- born in 500sBCE

Question 2

How were dramas introduced to Rome

Answer 2

Livius Andronicus translates some of the most famous oeuvres of greek literature into Latin

Question 3

Relationship with festivals

Answer 3

First performance ever from Livius Andronicus - 240BCE

Greek plays had always been performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus

Question 4

363BCE

Answer 4

Etruscans provides dancing clowns at scenic games to appease Jupiter during plague

Atellan Farce - southern Italy - travelling street theatre presenting unscripted country entertainments - slapstick and buffoonery, exaggerated masks