Roman Theatre

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Concentrated on comedy and not tragedy.

Question 2

Due to wealth Roman’s?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

The first Roman festival.

Answer 3

Ludi Romani

Question 4

As Roman society grew wealthier, theatrical presentations were staged?

Answer 4

100 days of the year

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Greek New Comedy

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Elimination of chorus

Addition of accompaniment to dialogue

Emphasis on eavesdropping

Setting of action- streets

Question 7

Most popular of all Roman comic writers

Answer 7

Plautus

Question 8

Became an actor and eventually started writing own plays

Answer 8

Plautus

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Plautus

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Plautus

Question 11

Twenty plays of his exist

Answer 11

Plautus

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Plautus

Question 13

The menachmi

Answer 13

Plautus

Question 14

Miles glorious pseudolos

Answer 14

Plautus

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Plautus

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Terence

Question 17

He stressed characterization, subtlety of expression and elegant language

Answer 17

Terence

Question 18

His style is more literary and less exaggerate then Plautus

Answer 18

Terrence

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Terrence

Question 20

Wrote six plays

Answer 20

Terrence

Question 21

Roman tragedy role back seat and …..

Answer 21

Other entertainments

Question 22

His plays were based on Greek works

Answer 22

Seneca

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Seneca

Question 24

Nine plays remain

Answer 24

Seneca

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Seneca

Question 26

Supernatural being often appear in dramatic action

Answer 26

Seneca

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Seneca

Question 28

Were influential on Renaissance playwrights.

Answer 28

Seneca

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Seneca

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Aristotle

Question 31

Best known roman dramatic critic

Answer 31

Horace

Question 32

Wrote Art of Poetry only existing treatise on Roman dramatic criticism

Answer 32

Horace

Question 33

Horace treatise rules

Answer 33

Comedy and tragedy should never be combined

Question 34

Horace treatise rules

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Horace treatise rules

Answer 35

Gods should not be brought in unless absolutely necessary

Question 36

Horace treatise rules

Answer 36

Horace felt writers should entertain and instruct

Question 37

Horace treatise rules

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Horace treatise rules

Answer 38

Wanted to avoid extremes of emotions and attempt to be truthfu

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Dominus

Question 40

Roman acting emphasized

Answer 40

Detailed pantomime Broad physical gesture Beautiful vocal delivery

Question 41

Roman used some of these

Answer 41

Music accompaniment, lined masks, costumes.

Question 42

Postition of actors

Answer 42

Mostly slaves

Question 43

Rome buildings

Answer 43

Freestanding buildings

Question 44

Audience seating area

Answer 44

Cavea

Question 45

Performance area

Answer 45

Orchestra

Question 46

Roman version of scene house

Answer 46

Scaena

Question 47

Orchestra was .... instead of full

Answer 47

Semicircle

Question 48

A front curtain that allow the actors to be reveled

Answer 48

Auleum

Question 49

A painted backdrop that would slightly alter appearance of the scanea

Answer 49

Siparium

Question 50

Other popular entertainment

Answer 50

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