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Ancient Rome Theater
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Menander | Writer of New Comedy in Hellenistic Greece. Wrote situational, domestic comedies. Only surviving play is The Grouch |
| Greek New Comedy | Domestic, situational comedy. Conventions include, asides, eavesdropping, misunderstandings and happy endings. Basis for modern-day farce. |
| Plautus | Major writer of farces. Wrote Miles Gloriousus and Pseudolus. |
| Terence | Writer of domestic comedies. Wrote Brothers |
| Horace | Critic, wrote Ars Poetica |
| Ars Poetica | A treatise on poetics in drama. |
| Horace's Theories of Drama | Drama should delight and teach. "In media res" meaning we start in the middle of things. Five acts, unity, grace (nothing should jar), decorum. |
| Influences of Seneca | Only known writer of Roman tragedies. Five-act structure, elaborate speeches, horrifying examples of human behavior, violence, magical realism, Obsession, soliloquies and asides. |
| Vitruvius | Wrote De Architectura |
| De Architectura | Served as a model for neo-classical writers in italy. Written by Vitruvius. |
| Mimes | "Vaudeville" performers who were both men and women and performed both masked and unmasked. |
| Ludi | Roman festival meant to entertain gods. |
| Munera | A sponsored Roman festival, |
| Pompa | Upper class Roman festival |
| Instauratio | Festivals performed again if there was a mistake in the previous festival. |
| Fabulae palliata | Comedies on Greek themes (Plautus, Terence) |
| Fabulae Togata | Comdies on Roman themes. We don't have any. |
| Fabulae crepidata | Tragedies on Greek themes (Seneca) |
| Fabulae praetexta | Tragedies on Roman themes. We have one, Octavia. |
| Fabulae Atellene | Farces using 4 stock characters |
| Fabulae riciniata | Mimes, hooded play, variety, fertility festivals. |
| Fabulae Saltica | Silent Pantomimes, dancer sang text |
| Gladiatorial contests | Gladiatorial contests |
| Venationes | Fights with animals in the arena |
| Naumachiae | Sea battles in arena. |
| Scenae | Backdrop in Hellenistic Greece |
| Vomitoria | Places where actors enter from caves under seats in Ancient Rome. |
| Scaenae frons | Elaborately decorated backdrop of Roman stage. "In front of scene" |
| Pinakes | Flats in Hellenistic Greece |
| Perialtoi | 3 flats joined with a different scene painted on each one in Hellenistic Greek theater. |
| Cavea | The place where the spectators sat in Roman theater. |
| Machanae | The machinery of Ancient Roman theater |
| Auleum | Back curtain in Ancient Roman theater |
| Siparium | Front curtain in ancient Roman theater |
| Velum | Awnings that protected spectators from sun in Ancient Roman theater |
| Pulpitum | The raised stage in Ancient Roman theater. |
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