Roman Performing

Description

• performing in Ancient forme is completly different from todays performing we have lights microphones in rome they had loud voices and masks.i will tell you today what Ancient Roman performing was like.

when? who?

• the Roman theatre started in 4th century
• women could not act in a theatre or watch it before the empire times

how? why?

• The Romans performed for festivals and special occasions
• The Romans use masks to show expressions.There are no microphones so they have to speak really loud.
• They use costumes to show the audience what the character is like.

what?were?

• They got the idea of performing from Greek but wrote their own plays
• The Romans built their own theatres so they could perform.It was made out of concerte and had many unique features

effect?

• The Roman theaters are still here and it is a tourist attraction that many come to see
• It has given us heaps of famous plays and writers to remember.

Clodius esopus

• birth: unknown
• death:unknown
• known for:his realistic and tragic acting.

facts

• the roman theatres stage was 5 feet tall
• it could fit 15000 people in it
• If the audience didn't like the performance they might through food.

THANKS FOR WATCHING

Action Plan

• present on wednesday
• 24th start haiku deck
• 25th work on haiku deck and finish
• 26th start writing speech
• 27th practice speech
• 28th finish and wait

Brainstorm

• who wrote play
• who were the performers
• were did they perform
• what costumes
• who watched performnces
• who started the idea of performing