Talk:Roman theatre (structure)
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There are some very specific differences between Greek and Roman theatres that are still not listed here. For instance, in a typical Greek theatre, the orchestra was perfectly round, not semi-circular (many of these theatres were later modified in the Roman way, and few survive in their original form). But I don't remember all of the differences off the top of my head. There's a bit with how the skene evolved into the proscenium, I don't exactly remember how it goes. I think the proscenium was the front side of the skene, which in Roman theatres evolved into the "back wall" of the acting area, but I'm not entirely sure. I'll try and look it up in the near future. --Woggly 08:54, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Here's a link to a site that has passable diagrams of the two different prototypes: [1] and this site has a good description of Greek theatres as well as a clearer diagram: [2] This seems to support what I think I remember, that the Greek skene/skeane sort of "stretched" and evolved into the back wall of the Roman theater. --Woggly 09:14, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC) Yeah!
I would add a lot to this page, but in most instances I am unsure if a theatre is Greek or Roman.--SkiDragon 21:56, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
I think you did great job covering the basics of Roman theatre structure. You wrote that there existed simliarities between Roman ampitheatres and theatres, but never mentioned what those simliarities were. If you could incorporate that into the article, I think it would be better.
-Jeff J (from Roman Civ Class)
What a great article on Roman theatres! There are a few things that I would add. I would include what materials composed the theatres. Also, you have many pictures of Roman theatres, but no pictures of Roman ampitheatres. Maybe you could add a photo of a ampitheatre.
Andrew P (from Roman Civ Class)
This is an article on theatres, not amphitheatres. If you want pictures of amphitheatres, see List of Roman amphitheatres.--SkiDragon 06:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Wonderful detail in this article. The use of images was also very effective. There is one little typo (fand instead of ‘and’) in the third paragraph of the ‘Theater Structure’ section. If there happens to be a diagram or picture of a Roman theater labeled with the 'scaenae frons' and such, that could be a nice addition. Nice article overall!
Jenny B (Roman Civ.)
[edit] Slight re-write
I made a slight re-write as a good deal of information was not quite right. Among the changes was the differences between Roman and Greek theatres (on an earlier edit) and some mentions that made the theatre in france sound like it was the best preserved Roman theatre where it is clearly not. Also I had to change details about tearing down theatres as there were several permanent theatre in the city of Rome and the article made it sound as if these were torn down on a regular basis. Wooden theatres were torn down this practice mostly ended in 55 BC. Also the article actualy said that no theatres survived outside of Rome yet there is a list knee deep with surviving theatres.
