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Surviving Roman Comedy

• Terence
• Plautus

Notable Roman Tragedy

• Seneca: inspired Shakespeare, unimportant chorus

Roman Criticism

• Horace: The Art of Poetry

Theatre Production in Rome

• The dominus: head of a troupe
• Acting companies � 6 members
• Broad physical gestures
• Stock acting
• First permanent theatre constructed in 55 BCE

Decline of Roman Theatre

• In the 4th century AD, it was clear that the Roman empire was beginning to fall apart
• Rise of Christianity: Church threatened to excommunicate anybody who went to the theatre