The Audience and Actors Flashcards
1
Q
Admission and social ramifications
A
Free
All social classes attended
Hierarchy of seating
The further back you sat, the lower your social status
2
Q
Audience
A
Lictors, free men, married women, slaves, nurses
3
Q
Early days
A
Actors respected
Livius andronicus acted in his own plays
4
Q
1st century BCE actors were treated as…
A
Actors disdained- low social status Infamis -> denied roman citizenship, descendants banned from marrying into senatorial class for 4 generations, could be killed with impunity if caught committing adultery, law allowed magistrates to beat them if they had not acted well
5
Q
Histriones
A
Actors
6
Q
Dominus
A
Troupe leader
7
Q
Actors drawn from
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Slaves
Lower classes
And to be able to act and sing
8
Q
Describe troupes
A
Competition fierce
Prizes awarded to troupes and individuals
9
Q
Roscius
A
Dictator Sulla elevates him to membership of Equites
