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1
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What did the Roman’s concentrate on compared to the Greek?

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Concentrated on comedy and not tragedy.

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Due to wealth Roman’s?

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Roman’s had more time to watch theatre, offered during festivals.

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The first Roman festival.

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Ludi Romani

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As Roman society grew wealthier, theatrical presentations were staged?

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100 days of the year

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Roman playwright took (blank) structure and perfected there own brand of comedy

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Greek New Comedy

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What changed did the Roman comic playwright made in their plays?

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Elimination of chorus

Addition of accompaniment to dialogue

Emphasis on eavesdropping

Setting of action- streets

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Most popular of all Roman comic writers

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Plautus

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Became an actor and eventually started writing own plays

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Plautus

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Took song and dance and Italian farce and combined with characters and plots from Hellenistic comedies

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Plautus

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Subject matter did not deal with political or social issues, but trials and tribulations of romance

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Plautus

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Twenty plays of his exist

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Plautus

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Playwrights from Renaissance to today have modeled certain aspects or his plays to their own

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Plautus

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The menachmi

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Plautus

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Miles glorious pseudolos

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Plautus

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Include stock characters, social parasite, the shrew and comic servant, comic courtesan, domineering wife

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Plautus

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Born in Carthage as Publius, fort African American, first major black playwright.

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Terence

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He stressed characterization, subtlety of expression and elegant language

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Terence

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His style is more literary and less exaggerate then Plautus

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Terrence

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His plot complications and stock characters are similar to Plautus but less slapstick

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Terrence

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Wrote six plays

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Terrence

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21
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Roman tragedy role back seat and …..

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Other entertainments

22
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His plays were based on Greek works

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Seneca

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He studied literary criticism and philosophy especially stoicism and became a noted orator

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Seneca

24
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Nine plays remain

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Seneca

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His plays emphasize violent spectacle onstage, including stabbings, murders, suicides.

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Seneca

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Supernatural being often appear in dramatic action

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Seneca

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Emphasis on violent spectacle onstage, including stabbings, murders, and suiciceds

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Seneca

28
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Were influential on Renaissance playwrights.

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Seneca

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His five episode plays became the basis for the five act tragedy

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Seneca

30
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Roman dramatic criticism was based on the works of…..

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Aristotle

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Best known roman dramatic critic

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Horace

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Wrote Art of Poetry only existing treatise on Roman dramatic criticism

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Horace

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Horace treatise rules

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Comedy and tragedy should never be combined

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Horace treatise rules

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Plays should have 5 acts and only 3 speaking characters at same time

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Horace treatise rules

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Gods should not be brought in unless absolutely necessary

36
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Horace treatise rules

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Horace felt writers should entertain and instruct

37
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Horace treatise rules

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Concerned with decorum, meaning the language and actions of the characters must fit the ideas of age gender etc

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Horace treatise rules

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Wanted to avoid extremes of emotions and attempt to be truthfu

39
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Was head of the troupe and usually the leading actor, made financial arrangements, bought dramas, hired musicians, obtained costumes

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Dominus

40
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Roman acting emphasized

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Detailed pantomime

Broad physical gesture

Beautiful vocal delivery

41
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Roman used some of these

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Music accompaniment, lined masks, costumes.

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Postition of actors

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Mostly slaves

43
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Rome buildings

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Freestanding buildings

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Audience seating area

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Cavea

45
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Performance area

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Orchestra

46
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Roman version of scene house

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Scaena

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Orchestra was …. instead of full

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Semicircle

48
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A front curtain that allow the actors to be reveled

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Auleum

49
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A painted backdrop that would slightly alter appearance of the scanea

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Siparium

50
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Other popular entertainment

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Chariot races, gladiator fights, public executions, atellan farce, Roman mime

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