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Greek
Roman Shakespeare
an
Roman features- Enclosed
building
- Several levels of exterior arches / interior seating
- Multi-level stage building
- Decorated stage and stage building
- Barrel vaults / Vomitoria underseats
- Use of Velarium
Compare with Greek Theatre
Theatre at Leptis Magna
Date: 1-2AD (Age of Augustus)
Location: Leptis Magna, North Africa
Commissioned by: Annobal Rufus, a local merchant. His name appears on an inscription.
The Cavea (seating) It is semi-circular
Ambulatories (passageways) divide the seating into three levels
Seating is divided up into wedge-shaped sections separated by staircases.
The Cavea (cont’d)
Vomitoria (underseat passageways) for entry and exit
Portico featuring marble Corinthian columns.
In the middle of the portico there is a temple to Ceres-Augusta.
Three levels of seating:
The UPPER LEVEL rests on a massive vaulted sub-structure.
The MIDDLE LEVEL is built on an artificial bank.
The LOWER LEVEL rests upon a natural bank.
(Also VIP seating could be added in the five front rows)
The Orchestra Semi-circular (unlike Greek orchestra – full circle)
Tribunalia (viewing boxes) were built above VIP entrances for most important citizens
Vaulted VIP entrances
Stone wall separated cavea from orchestra
Altar to unknown god
The Pulpitum and Proscaenium
Pulpitum (stage) was wooden
Statues of Hercules and Dionysus, patrons of the city
Niches in Proscaenium (stage front) would have held statues
The Scaena – Stage Building
Scaena is whole stage building
Central of 3 semi-circular recesses for entrance/exit of actors
Scaenae frons is the stage backdrop. It had 3 tiers of columns – the same height as the cavea)
Later Additions to the Theatre
limestone columns on scaena frons
Tribunalia
Altar
Temple to Ceres-Augusta (Ceres of the Emperors)
Temple to Deified Emperors
Key Understanding: The additions to the Theatre at Leptis Magna were for religious purposes, and/or to promote the greatness of the Roman Empire, its religion and its Emperors in this far-off Roman colony.
Religious Features
1. Cavea
2. Pulpitum
3. Orchestra
4. Altar
5. Scaena
6. Scaenae Frons
7. Tribunalia
8. Vomitoria
9. Ambulatories
10. Portico
11. Temple to Ceres-Augusta
12. Temple to the Deified Emperors
13. Statues of patron gods.
14. Proscaenium
1___________
- the tiered seating area.
2_____________
- the semi-circular lower floor area by the proscaenium.
3_____________
- the facade at the front of the stage.
4___________
- corridors into the theatre for exit and entry
6__________
- the raised stage platform for acting on.
7________________
- the front of the stage building, which provided a backdrop and entry and exit points for actors.
5__________
- the stage building itself, where the actors could prepare and props were stored.