Titus Maccius Plautus
Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money
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Buried treasure, reckless son, exile, young love, betrayal, detection - all as relevant today as when this comedy was written 2200 years ago…
Pseudolus: or, The Cheat
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About two dozen comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus have survived the years, with many of them ending up rewritten and recast by other …
Miles Gloriosus; The Braggart Captain
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Pleusicles loves Philocomasium, but she is kidnapped by Pyrgopolinices. Palaestrio, faithful servant to Pleusicles, witnesses this and goes …
Menaechmi; or, The Twin Brothers
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Menaechimus was carried away as a child to Epidamnus. Years later his twin-brother arrives also in Epidamnus, where because of his resemblan…
Asinaria; or, The Ass-Dealer
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Another Plautus comedy. Not too complicated: People behaving poorly, clever slaves aiding complicated plots, gullible tradesman (the Ass-Dea…
Stichus; or, The Parasite Rebuffed
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"Antipho, a wealthy and jovial old gentleman of Athens, has two daughters, Pilumena and Pamphila. They are married to two brothers, Epi…
Bacchides: or, The Twin Sisters
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Twin sisters, separated at birth to different lands. Later, Mnesilochus falls in love with one of them, only to see his friend Pistoclerus a…
The Captives
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Though with some of Plautus's usual comic elements (including people in disguise, clever servant, etc), this is a rare serious play by him …
Aulularia; or, The Concealed Treasure
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Euclio, a miserly old Athenian, has discovered a pot of gold in his house, Afraid it will be found and taken, he watches with the greatest a…
Amphitryon; or, Jupiter in Disguise
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The gods Jupiter and Mercury take the forms of Amphitryon and Sosia to visit Alcmena just before her husband Amphitryon returns from the war…
Curculio; or, The Forgery
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A con game movie script, circa 200 BCE. "Phaedromus is desperately in love with Planesium, who is in the possession of Cappadox, an ava…
Truculentus; The Churl
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"Phronesium, a Courtesan, has three admirers - Dinarchus, a dissipated young Athenian; Strabax, a young man from the country; and Strat…
Mercator; The Merchant
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Unaware that the woman Pasicompsa is his son's mistress, since the son says that he has brought her home to be his mother's attendant, an ag…
Rudens; or The Fisherman's Rope
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A comedy - although with human trafficking. Also a tempest, a shipwreck or two (described by the actors but invisible to the audience - and…
Cistellaria; or, The Casket
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The casket is a small box with recognition tokens in it so that someone can prove that they are who they claim to be. Which tells you that t…