Titus Maccius Plautus was born c. 254 B.C. to a poor family at Sarsina in the province of Umbria, north of Rome. His nickname comes from the Umbrian word plotus, meaning “flatfooted.” He worked in the theatre while in Umbria, likely as a stagehand, but his name suggests that he also performed as one or more of the stereotypical characters during his work. Eventually, he arrived in Rome and began to have success writing plays. As his success grew, other writers began to imitate his works and to produce them under his name, making it difficult for a time to determine which plays were actually written by Plautus and which were written by impersonators. After Plautus died in 184 B.C., a total of 130 plays had been attributed to him. Marcus Terentius Varro, a Roman scholar of the 1st century B.C., finally pared the list down to twenty-one plays of confirmed authenticity. Of these plays, the following twenty are still extant.
Here's an example of one of Plautus's scripts (Not an assigned reading):
The Braggart Soldier (Example Script)
Information on how the project will be graded:
You will receive a grade, as seen below, for your team's preparation and performance, as well as a personal grade for your role in completing a fair and equitable amount of the work, at the writing, rehearsal, and performance stages of the project.
Grading For the Roman Comedy
- Your team's ability to keep to the schedule in the syllabus 15%
- The script's formatting follows the one provided in the syllabus 10%
- Inclusion and Accuracy of Stock Characters 10%
- Inclusion and Accuracy of plot devices 10%
- Dialogue accurately demonstrates an understanding of Roman culture 10%
- The Scenes effectively drive the plot 5%
Performance:
- Appropriateness and Length 10%
- Use of Costuming and Props 10%
- Clarity of Action and Dialogue 10%
- Overall Project Effectiveness 10%
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