Like tragedy, it did have a chorus and the actors wore masks. By Aristotle’s time comedy had been established as aīranch of drama. Such a procession was called a comus, the song They jested and indulged in comic banter, invariably A band of young men would take out a procession These village festivals were held in honour Out bawdy plays-was the origin of comedy. The coarse humour at these festivals-where actors played Greek Comedy was also influenced by the Phallic processionsĬommon in Greek society. Greek Comedy first developed with Susarion, said to be the earliest comic poet. Set them in Athens, Plautus changed the settings of his plays to several places across Unlike Terence, who wrote his plays in Greek and Influenced by the Greek New Comedy, he places his own characters in his contemporary Plautine comedy gives us an insight into Roman local life, because even though he is The satire is genial in tone,Īnd whatever the outcome, the characters learn something from the action of the play. It relies equally on surprisesĪnd the predictability of familiar characters and situations. Plautus’ comedy is mostly situational, with a lot ofĬomplications in the action, which may arise from mistaken identity, deliberateĬoncealing of information or the villainy of a wily character. Menander was a huge influence on Plautus, and Aulularia is thought to be inspired from Though he died at the young age of 35, his work has had a huge impact on European His language is considered the norm of pure Latin. Terence, like Plautus, adapted plays from the Greek New Comedy, but unlike him used a These were Andria (TheĪndrian Girl) in 166 BC Hecyra (The Mother-in-Law), Heauton Timoroumenos (The SelfTormentor, Eunuchus (The Eunuch), Phormio and Adelphi (or Adelphoe The Brothers). He wrote six plays in his short career-from 166 BC to 160 BC. His talent that he not only encouraged him to write, but gave him his freedom as well. Terence was a slave of the Roman senator Ternetius Lucanus, who was so impressed by Palliata”, the other of course being Terence. Plautus is counted among the two greatest dramatists of the Roman comedy-“Fabula Other playwrights of his time, who lay stress on morality, and missed the laughter which Jocusque et Numeri innumeri simul omnes collacrimarunt.ĭeserted is the stage, then Laughter, Jest and WitĪnd Melody’s countless numbers all together wept.Īttributed to Plautus himself, his epitaph suggests how he saw himself as different from Postquam est mortem aptus Plautus, Comoedia Since several of his manuscripts are incomplete. However, researchers face a problem when analysing his work The sets, according to William Harris, in his article on Roman Comedy. He is even said to have worked as a carpenter on
It is believed that he later reached Rome, where he began to As a young boy he left his village and joinedĪ travelling theatre group. Titus Maccius Plautus was born around 254īC in Sarsina, Umbria, in present day Italy. Not much is known about the life of Plautus. Titus Maccius Plautus (circa 254-184BC): Life and Works Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Delhi
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