Transcript Roman Theaterx

ROMAN THEATER
BY: TIBERIUS
By: Tiberius
ROMAN THEATER:
INTRODUCTION
The Roman theatre was never as popular as the other popular
Roman entertainments (i.e. horse racing, gladiatorial matches,
ect.) but Roman citizens did like it. To the average Roman citizen,
life didn't revolve around plays, but around religion. Most plays
were performed at festivals, since many festivals were performed
throughout the year, the Roman people became very familiar with
various acting troupes, characters, plays, and playwrights. The
Ancient Roman stage set the stage for our later theatre
productions.
ROMAN THEATER: INFLUENCES
There were three major influences on the Ancient Romans'
perspective of theatre, the Greeks, Etruscans, and the Oscans.
The two major influences were the Greeks and the Etruscans.
The Greeks were already an established culture in southern Italy
when Rome was created. Because Rome and Greece's city-states
in Italy were so close together, Greece strongly influenced Rome
in many different ways. Rome's ideas on many things were
borrowed from the Greeks, things ranging from gods to theatre
construction.
ROMAN THEATER: INFLUENCES
The layout of the Roman theatre is very much like that of the
Greek theatre. They both have an orchestra pit, a backstage area,
and seating arrangements. Also, the ideas for plays were
'borrowed' from Greek plays. The plots were basically the same
only the characters' names were changed and some other minor
things. Even the rules on producing plays were similar to those in
Greece.
ROMAN THEATER: MAJORITY
SITES[HISTORY]
The major locations for theatres tended to be around temples so
various gods could look at certain plays that were either for them
or about them. Later on however, theatres began to be built on
hillsides (hill provided extra support and is easier to build on). All
over the Roman Empire theatres were erected to entertain the
masses.
ROMAN THEATER: LAYOUT AND
DESIGN
The Roman theatre was laid out similar to that of the Greek
theatre. There was a backstage area, seating arrangements for the
audience, and an orchestra. The Roman stage went through many
different stages before reaching the form we all recognize today.
Theatres started out as simple, temporary wooden structures. The
layout of the stage was the same as in later stone stages-3 doors
each opening to the brothel, temple, and hero's house.
ROMAN THEATER: DESIGN AND
LAYOUT
The stage itself was enclosed by wings at each side and the scene
house had a roof. The large stone theatres seated tens of
thousands of Romans. There wasn't a front curtain nor were
there performances done in the orchestra pit (unlike Greek plays).
The patrons to the plays sat on temporary wooden benches where
there was room, ushers would direct the patrons all through out
the performance.
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