GCSE Latin Literature & Culture: theatre

orchestra

open space in front of stage

tiered seating

the type of seating in a theatre

Plautus

A Roman playwright who wrote comedies

slapstick

comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions

role reversal

funny situation in comedy

clever slave

stock character with ginger hair and beard

young man

stock character who is central to Roman comedy

old man

stock character, often a miser, who features in Roman comedy

sponge

also called a parasite - stock character who tries to get free stuff from others

masks

worn by all actors to show what character they are