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New Comedy The frontrunner to modern soap

New Comedy The frontrunner to modern soap. Ancient Greek Comedy. Old Comedy (5th Century) [Contemporary real characters, rude jokes, slapstick humor] Middle Comedy (Early 4th Century) [Slapstick humor still present but more ‘sophistication’ in the jokes] New Comedy (Late 4th and 3rd Century)

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New Comedy The frontrunner to modern soap

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  1. New ComedyThe frontrunner to modern soap

  2. Ancient Greek Comedy • Old Comedy (5th Century) • [Contemporary real characters, rude jokes, slapstick humor] • Middle Comedy (Early 4th Century) • [Slapstick humor still present but more ‘sophistication’ in the jokes] • New Comedy (Late 4th and 3rd Century) • [Subtle entertainment, humorous but not hilarious].

  3. Menander (342 - 291 BC) • The founder of theater as we know it, and forerunner of modern soap and light entertainment. • The Grouch (Dyskolos) • Samia • Perikeiromene

  4. The good courtesan of Menander • A courtesan would typically be perceived as cynical, uncaring, cold-blooded, a gold-digger, manipulative and untrustworthy. • Menandrian plays often reverse the stereotype by presenting courtesans as sincere, caring, loving, and selfless, motivated by genuine love and sincere feelings for the lover.

  5. The legacy • In later antiquity perceptions of courtesans are changing. They either follow the Menandrian type, or the classical type of the bad courtesan, and often the two stereotypes clash for dramatic effect.

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