... . ROMAN DRAMA several sources, 1st Gdrama- Etruscans, northern italy, absorbed by romans improvised song and dance. Atella- Atellan Farce-broad and coarse comedy. Stock characters, recognizable and predictable. Maccus the Clown Bucco the stupid Pappus the foolish Dossennus hunchbacked slave, Identical twins, 4 comedy masks, (romans). 240 bc, livius Andronicus, latin translations derived primarily from new menander tisque comedy most well attended of ... ...

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