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The Rope and Other Plays
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Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254 -184 bc ) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare Moli re and many others. In The Ghost a dissolute son who has squandered his father's money is thrown into disarray when he returns from abroad a theme that is explored further in the comedy of errors A Three-Dollar Day. In The Rope - regarded by many as the best of Plautus' plays - the shipwreck of a pimp and his slaves leads to the touching reunion of a father and his daughter while Amphitryo Plautus's only excursion into divine mythology offers a cheerful account of how Jupiter became father to Hercules.
Format:Paperback
Large Print:Yes
Language:English
ISBN:0140441360
ISBN13:9780140441369
Release Date:May 1964
Publisher:Penguin Classics
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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