Describe how Roman comedy differs from its old comedy Greek ...

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Describe how Roman comedy differs from its old comedy Greek counterpart.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

From the point of view of an audience member, briefly describe the differences you might observe between
  attending performances of Oedipus Rex and a medieval cycle play like Noah and His Sons.

 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:Greek
old comedy is usually concerned with current issues in society or politics, with
questions of war and peace, or with persons or practices disliked by the author.
Greek old comedy has a chorus of twenty-four members, whereas Roman comedy has no
chorus
Greek old comedy involves male characters wearing a phallus.
Roman comedy does not deal with political or social issues but rather with everyday
domestic affairs.
Almost invariably, Roman comedy plots turn on misunderstandings of one sort or another.
Roman comedies show the well-to-do middle class
In Roman comedies about two-thirds of the lines are accompanied by the flute and the
many songs evoke comparisons to twentieth- and twenty-first-century musical theatre.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:Oedipus
Rex would be performed as part of a festival honoring the gods.
Oedipus Rex performances were open to everyone, but the audience was composed
primarily of men and boys.
For Oedipus Rex officials were responsible for keeping order, and violence in the theatre
was punishable by death.
Oedipus Rex performances lasted many hours.
For Oedipus Rex the audience at times expressed itself noisily and occasionally hissed
actors off the stage.
The production of Noah and His Sons is part of a community effort involving the town
council, the church, and guilds.
Noah and His Sons is mounted on a pageant wagon (similar to a modern parade float)
and drawn through the streets from one playing place to another in the order indicated in
the script.
Costumes for Noah and His Sons consist of clothing in common use in medieval England
and were usually supplied by the actors or borrowed.
In Noah and His Sons probably most of the town's residents crowd into the places
designated for the performances.

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