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Stage 5 Culture Notes
cavea
scaena scaena frōns
orchēstraSeating area
Reserved
seats for
important
officials
Stage Building behind the stage that was
decorated with columns and niches
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Plays were performed during festivals.
2 Theaters in Pompeii
Large Theater – could accommodate up to
5,000 people
Small Theater � Odeon
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Large Theater
Small Theater
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Actors
• Slaves (Greek) and freedmen (former
slaves)
• Recognized characters by masks and wigs
Some common characters
• Red wigs / clothing � slaves
• White wigs � old men
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• In Rome, the 1st
permanent theater was built in 55 BC by
Pompey the Great.
* Julius Caesar was
assassinated at the theater of
Pompey on the Ides of March
(March 15th), 44 BC
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