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Roman Theatre

Roman Theatre. Horace 65-8 BCE. Son of freed slave Father sent him to Athens and Rome for education to eventually get high government post Supported poet, was given a farm by patron Often called Rome’s Aristotle. Theatre of Pompey 55 BCE

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Roman Theatre

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  1. Roman Theatre

  2. Horace 65-8 BCE • Son of freed slave • Father sent him to Athens and Rome for education to eventually get high government post • Supported poet, was given a farm by patron • Often called Rome’s Aristotle

  3. Theatre of Pompey 55 BCE • Before Theatre of Pompey, theatres were temporary structures • Roman officials opposed theatre buildings • Pompey insisted the theatre was a religious due to the shrine

  4. 8,000 to 25,000 • Freestanding • Orchestra was semicircle and used for seating • Comfort • Awnings • “air conditioning”

  5. Stage Craft • Plays did not require unique environments • Periaktoi, auleum (front curtain) and siparium (painted backdrop) • Stage too big for curtains

  6. ArsPoetica/ Art of Poetry Horace was known to Renaissance scholars before Aristotle, so Horace was the basis of many theatre “rules”

  7. Horace’s Rules • 3 Actor Rule • Don’t mix comedy and tragedy • Plays should have 5 acts • Gods should not be brought in to resolve a play unless absolutely necessary. • Drama’s purpose is to “profit and please” or entertain and instruct.

  8. Decorum • Character actions and words must fit traditional ideas of behavior for the character type • Age, gender, social status, emotional state • nothing extreme or fantastical

  9. Horace’s Chorus • Should be used to move the action forward • High moral tone • Give good counsul

  10. Acting Companies • Local government managed festivals and hired acting troupes • Unofficial competition • Troupes managed by the dominus • lead actor, financier, bought scripts • Actors were called historiones • Actors may have been slaves • Actors could earn wealth and respect • Aesopus and Roscius

  11. Popular Entertainment • Colossseum • Circus Maximus

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