A Comedy - Roman Background Info 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Classical CivilizationA2/A-levelOCR Created by: EllieCreated on: 11-06-13 10:04 When wass Roman Comedy? C3 BC, Plautus: 254-184 BC 1 of 16 Although many Roman plays were direct translations of Greek, Greek theatre was not the only ancestor to Roman theatre, what was the other? Fescennine Verses and Saturae / Atellan plays 2 of 16 Explain Fescennine Verses No music or dance/ short/ coarse and rude/ made fun of well known people 3 of 16 Explain Fescennine Saturae Small scale/ dancers allowed/ often imported from outside of Rome/ done to appease the Gods/ ward off evil and disease 4 of 16 Explain Atellan plays Short/ Cheating and Trickery/ Obscene and complex/ Masks (the first time for the Romans) 5 of 16 Atellan plays used varying characters. True or False? False. They used a few popular characters who appeared regularly. 6 of 16 Adaptations from Greek often changed what? The plotline/ introduced topical jokes or puns/ altered characters 7 of 16 How were actors regarded in Rome and how was this different from Greece? Roman actors wrere not given the same respect as the Grecian actors were. 8 of 16 Roman plays were more like Soap Operas with... a complicated plotline and a series of misunderstandings 9 of 16 What was the main difference between Greek and Roman theatre? Roman theatre made no attempt at social or political comment as it was not safe to do so. 10 of 16 Plautus and character names... Plautus liked long, and potentially amusing names 11 of 16 Roman theatre was more like a modern _____ than a drama. Musical 12 of 16 If an actor entered from stage left it meant? They were comming from the nearby town/city 13 of 16 If an actor entered from stage right it meant? That they were coming from a distant place. 14 of 16 Wigs color coding. White = old man, Black = young man, Red = slave. 15 of 16 Costume colour coding. White = old man, Purple = Young man, Yellow = woman/prostitute. 16 of 16
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