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Ancient Theatre Genres & Authors.

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1 Ancient Theatre Genres & Authors

2 Origins 5th century B.C. Athens Etruscans Oscans
Heavily influenced Roman theatre Not particularly Roman in themes Four genres: tragedy, comedy, farces, pantomime

3 Tragedy Originally copied Greeks Eventually, Romans created their own
Not many survive – 2 authors Based on Greeks

4 Pantomime One actor with a mask Orchestra & chorus
Serious topics - myths Originally no actresses Wig colors Grey – old man Black – young man Red - slave

5 Atellan Farces Lighter – FER TEH LULZ! Following pantomimes
Slapstick, dirty Stock characters Big nose; greedy clown; fat man; crazy old man; clown/pimp Got so obnoxious they were banned

6 Plautus & Terence 3rd & 2nd centuries B.C. Comedic playwrights
Plautus – oldest intact Latin literature Most prolific comedian Based heavily on Greek plays contaminatio Terence – African, freedman, 6 plays Pretty much translated from Greek

7 Common Plautine Plot Young, buck wild, nobleman Girl he can’t have
Stern dad who can’t know Clever slave Happy ending for all Pseudolus embodies this Pseudolus is the slave

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