| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:theatre 
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                                | gptkbp:characteristic | stock characters use of masks
 elaborate stage machinery
 chorus (less prominent than in Greek theatre)
 
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                                | gptkbp:declinedAfter | rise of Christianity 
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                                | gptkbp:developedBy | gptkb:Roman 
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                                | gptkbp:feature | audience participation public festivals
 temporary wooden stages
 satirical content
 use of music and dance
 adaptation of Greek myths
 all-male casts
 influence on Western drama
 permanent stone theatres (later period)
 stock plot devices
 use of curtains (aulēum)
 use of prologues
 
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                                | gptkbp:flourishedDuring | gptkb:Roman_Empire gptkb:Roman_Republic
 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | gptkb:mime gptkb:tragedy
 gptkb:comedy
 gptkb:pantomime
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Renaissance_theatre gptkb:Commedia_dell'arte
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Etruscan_performance 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Latin 
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                                | gptkbp:notableContributor | gptkb:Plautus gptkb:Seneca
 gptkb:Terence
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePlace | gptkb:Roman_theatre_(building) 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Miles_Gloriosus gptkb:Pseudolus
 gptkb:Thyestes
 gptkb:Medea_(Seneca)
 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | gptkb:entertainment political propaganda
 
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                                | gptkbp:sponsor | gptkb:state_order wealthy citizens
 
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                                | gptkbp:相关节日 | gptkb:Ludi_Apollinares gptkb:Ludi_Florales
 gptkb:Ludi_Megalenses
 gptkb:Ludi_Romani
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Renaissance_theatre 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Classical Roman theatre 
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