Roman comedy

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Roman comedy was a theatrical genre of ancient Rome, heavily influenced by Greek New Comedy, characterized by stock characters, intricate plots, and humorous depictions of everyday life and social relations.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Roman New Comedy 5
Plautine comedy 2
Roman comedy canonical 2

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman theatre
theatrical genre
costumeConvention Greek dress in fabula palliata
Roman dress in fabula togata
culturalContext ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
developedFrom Greek stage traditions
featuresCharacterType braggart soldier
clever slave
cook
courtesan
leno
parasite
pimp
stern father
young lover
hasCharacteristic focus on social relations
humorous depictions of everyday life
intricate plots
stock characters
influenced Neoclassical comedy
Renaissance drama
commedia dell’arte
medieval European comedy
influencedBy Greek New Comedy
linked to: New Comedy
language Latin
majorAuthor Caecilius Statius
Naevius
Plautus
Terence
Titinius
performedAt Ludi Megalenses
Ludi Romani
public festivals
performedIn stone theatres of Rome
temporary wooden theatres
subgenre fabula palliata
fabula tabernaria
fabula togata
fabula trabeata
timePeriod 2nd century BCE
3rd century BCE
typicalSetting urban environment
typicalTheme family conflict
love intrigues
slavery and freedom
social status and identity
trickery and deception
uses metrical verse
prose passages
usesDevice aside
mistaken identity
prologue
recognition scenes

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plautus movement Roman comedy
Warenar influencedBy Plautine comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
Mostellaria literaryTradition Roman New Comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
Trinummus genre Roman New Comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
Asinaria literaryTradition Roman New Comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
Casina literaryMovement Roman New Comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
Cistellaria belongsToCorpus Plautine comedies
linked to: Roman comedy
The Stranger influenced Roman New Comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
The Woman from Cyprus influenceOn Plautine comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
The Woman from Cyprus influenceOn Terentian comedy
linked to: Roman comedy
Hellenistic theatre influenced Roman comedy