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The Rope and Other Plays

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus 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, Molière 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.

Language: English

Pages: 284

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: April 26, 2007

ISBN: 0140441360

ISBN 13: 9780140441369

The Rope and Other Plays

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus 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, Molière 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.

Language: English

Pages: 284

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: April 26, 2007

ISBN: 0140441360

ISBN 13: 9780140441369

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