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Theatre in Ancient Rome

Theatre in Ancient Rome. “What we do in life, stays with us in Eternity”. Rome at the height of its power. History of Rome. 1200 BCE, three major groups dwelt in Italian peninsula Eutrscans , Greeks, Indo-European group 800 BCE, village along the Tiber River, Rome

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Theatre in Ancient Rome

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  1. Theatre in Ancient Rome “What we do in life, stays with us in Eternity”

  2. Rome at the height of its power

  3. History of Rome • 1200 BCE, three major groups dwelt in Italian peninsula • Eutrscans, Greeks, Indo-European group • 800 BCE, village along the Tiber River, Rome • Etruscans overtake other groups in 6th Century BCE SenātusPopulusqueRōmānus (The Senate and the People of Rome)

  4. Roman Focus • Carried on Etruscan and Greek traditions • Developed further • Roman culture focused on military expedition • Roman culture less philosophically oriented • Rome did make literary contibutions

  5. Roman Writers • Livius Andronicus • GnaeusNaevius • Plautus • Terence • Other writers: Catullus, Cicero, Virgil, Livy

  6. Virgil • PublisVergiliusMaro • 70 BCE – 19 BCE • The Agneid of Virgil

  7. Popular Dramatization • Exhibit literary works • Poetry recitations • Latin phonetics produced beautiful sounding works • Accompanied by music • Comparable to modern music videos? Although Kate Perry is less eloquent, the concept of performing lyrics to music, with dramatic flare, hasn’t changed in over 2500 years.

  8. Melodrama • Evolved out of epics • Emotionally intense stories • Charged characters Actor Gary Sinise plays a crooked cop who kidnaps Mel Gibson’s son in the 1996 thriller Ransom

  9. Comedy • Initially copied Greek comedy • Evolved over time • Atellan Farce (Greek satire) • FabulaPallita– Latinization of Greek satire • Fabulatogata– fully Roman satire, set within Roman context

  10. Legacy • Much bigger theatres • Architecht, Vitruvius influenced Reinassance • Word Origins: ludus, jocus The concept of “The Joker” (entertainer) evolved out of Rome

  11. Christianity and Theatre • Early Christians were critical of theatre • Basis for puritanism in England? • Against theatre, or more extreme tendencies of theatre?

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