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Book synopsis

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, Moliere 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.

Book details

Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Rope and Other Plays
• Author: Plautus
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780140441369
• ISBN: 0140441360
• ID: 04024245
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 218 g
• Dimensions: 196 × 129 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. April 2007

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