Menander-new comedy centered on shortcomings of middle class-social manners, vices. both equally influenced theater. ROMAN DRAMA several sources, 1st Gdrama- Etruscans, northern italy, absorbed by romans improvised song and dance. Atella- Atellan Farce-broad and coarse comedy. Stock characters, recognizable and predictable. Maccus the Clown Bucco the stupid Pappus the foolish Dossennus hunchbacked slave, Identical twins, 4 comedy masks, (romans). 240 bc, livius Andronicus, latin translations derived primarily from new menander tisque comedy most well attended of romes drama. Magalesian games- early April for cybele (greatmother) late april floral games, roman games sept. plebian games, Nov roman comedies revisions of greek plays, Chiton-tunic Pallium-long white cloak. Sock-low shoes(comedy) Buskin-tragedy. Togas-young black old white slave red, resembled musical comidies, musician=flute, maybe masks. 3rd bc wooden stages taken down moved quickly Scaena-background to action-3 stories tall good cause plays often sets on streets. Proscaena space in front of scaena proscenium arch, frames stage and separates actors from audience dev in renaissance, Pulpitum where action took place behind proscaena lots of arches columns, pilasters. plautus 254 184 bc, among romes most famous playwrights member of a troup that persormed atellan comedy not sure how much he wrote about 21.The Twin Menaechmi. Terence 190-159 slave brought to rome, produced 6 plays all still around, included a subplot, and never addressed the audience directly. unusually complicated plots. had managers/producers slave musicians, 2 fans paid for his productions, plautus repetitive he was more that a translator but at the time R's wanna b G's and he was loyal. Seneca. 4-ad65. comedies are raucous broad farcical senecan tragedy very popular in Elizabethan age. Based on either G or R themes. included murder, horror, ghosts, speeches wealthy and learned philosopher, most of plays adapted from euripedes written to be read, 10 plays, Agamemnon MEDIEVAL liturgical drama- 9th c troups (embellishments) which were sung during mass.
