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ROMAN LAUGHTER

ROMAN LAUGHTER. Comedy in Italy. 6 th - 5 th century BCE EPICHARMUS a Sicilian writer of comedy 4th-3rd century Attic style comedy Native forms of entertainment 3rd Greek style plays in Latin. Traditional Latin entertainment :. Fescennine ritual jokes Satura ‘ medley ’

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ROMAN LAUGHTER

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  1. ROMAN LAUGHTER

  2. Comedy in Italy • 6th - 5th century BCEEPICHARMUS a Sicilian writer of comedy • 4th-3rd century Attic style comedy • Native forms of entertainment • 3rd Greek style plays in Latin

  3. Traditional Latin entertainment: • Fescennine ritual jokes • Satura‘medley’ • Atellane Oscan farce

  4. Fescennine • Originated at harvest festivals • Improvised at weddings and triumphs;

  5. Versus fescennini 2 • “Urbani servate uxores, moechum calvom adducimus” Suet. Iul. 51 “Citizens, hide your wives, We are brining in the bald ******

  6. Caesar’s soldiers were also mocking his meager vegetarian diet while in on campaign in Dyrrahium

  7. Atellanae • Oscan farce performed by amateurs,involving stock characters • Maccus, the fool • Bucco the glutton • Dossenus the smart and cynical hunchback

  8. Maccus or Dossenus • wearing platform shoes

  9. Satura • ‘Medley’ • a dramatic libretto • flute music • performed by professional actors—histriones (name borrowed from the Etruscan name for masked dancers).

  10. Tragedy and Comedy • Were performed on festive days named LUDI

  11. Ludi = days of entertainment • Included circus, gladiatorial shows, and theater (ludi scaenici) • Their numbers evolved from 55 days per year under the Republic through 77 days in the 1st century CE to 177 in 4th century CE.

  12. Ludi… • Ludi Romani September from 213 BCE Ludi plebeii November from 194 BCE LATER also • Ludi Megalenses April • Ludi Apolinares July • Triumphs • Funerals • One play a day, c. 3 hours.

  13. Ludi scaenici • Free admission for everyone (including women and slaves) • Plays were staged originally in temporary settings, then from 1st century BCE onwards in permanent theaters. • Introduced in 363 BCE • First drama performed in 240 BCE

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