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Katie G.'s Roman
Roman Drama
| Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| Skene | 3 stories; used for storage, connected to seating area |
| Orchestra | Semi circular, only for musicians |
| Pulpitum | Large, raised stage for acting |
| Voms | Tunnels for audience members to reach seats |
| Auleum | Front curtain (raised bottom up) |
| Location of Theaters | In cities throughout the empire |
| Audience | Lower class and soldiers |
| Time Frame | Began 200B.C. to 375A.D. |
| Cessation of Interest | 400A.D. other interests, need for real violence |
| Closet Dramas | A play so gory/violent that it's meant to be read, not performed |
| Satire | Mocking or ridicules a problem in society or object/public figures |
| Farce | (slapstick) highly improbable plot |
| Stereotypes | (Stock characters) shrewish wife+meek husband, wise servant+clueless master |
| Claque | Someone paid to clap and cheer wildly |
| Themes | Comedy based on mockery; violence for sake of violence, violence as punishment, domestic fights |
| Roman gods & beliefs | All planets on Greek gods, same stories, just different names |
| Roman Style | Roman showed violence, very gory |
| Pompey's Contribution to Theater | Tried to make it more religious (Venus statue) |
| Terence | Comedy; former slave, borrowed plots from Greeks |
| Seneca | Tragedy; Roman statesman+senator |
| Plautus | Comedy, added slapstick and stock characters to plays |
| Stock Characters | stereotypical characters |