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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ