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Four Roman Comedies: The Haunted House/Casina, or a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding/The Eunuch/Brothers

Four Roman Comedies: The Haunted House/Casina, or a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding/The Eunuch/Brothers

Terence
Plautus
McLeish, Kenneth

Paperback

Series: Classical Dramatists

General DramaPlays

ISBN10: 0413772969
ISBN13: 9780413772961
Publisher: Berg 3pl
Published: Mar 26 2009
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Four essential classic plays with an introduction by the editor


The comedies of Plautus and Terence are all that survive to us of a great age of Roman comedy theatre. Collected here are four important plays that offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Rome, whilst maintaining a pivotal influence over the theatre of the present day. In The Haunted House the intrigues of a clever slave are played out in a virtuoso comic role; Plautus's Casina is a fast-moving romp through the sexual mores of the Roman upper classes; Terence's more sophisticated The Eunuch, and The Brothers are perhaps closer in sentiment to the attitudes of modern comedy and reflect situations with universal appeal. The volume is edited and introduced by J.Michael Walton, Professor of Drama at the University of Hull.

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