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9780872203624

Five Comedies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780872203624

  • ISBN10:

    087220362X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-03-01
  • Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

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"This is a book worthy of high praise... All versions are exceedingly witty and versatile, in verse that ripples from one's lips, pulling all the punches of Plautus, the knockabout king of farce, and proving that the more polished Terence can be just as funny. Accuracy to the original has been thoroughly respected, but look at the humour in rendering Diphilius' play called Synapothnescontes as Three's a Shroud... Students in schools and colleges will benefit from short introductions to each play, to Roman stage conventions, to different types of Greek and Roman comedy, and there is a note on staging, with a diagram illustrating a typical Roman stage and further diagrams of the basic set for each play. The translators have paid more attention to stage directions than is usually given in translations, because they aim to show how these plays worked. This is a book to be used and enjoyed." -- Raymond J Clark, The Classical Outlook. "This book is perfect for my course on spectacle and entertainment in Rome. The translations are funny, accessible, and fast-paced, and all of the stage directions help me and my students imagine these comedies as real, performed, popular theatre..." -- Anne Duncan, Arizona State University. "What a delight to have these lively, funny, readable, actable versions available! This really fills a need for ancient drama and theatre history courses..." -- Diane Arnson Svarlien, Georgetown College. "A very readable translation that students will enjoy. Concise and helpful comments..." -- Ann Thomas Williams, Duquesne University. "Good translations are rare, good jokes even rarer; this volume in very rare fashion gives us plenty of both... I smiled and laughed on every page..." -- Christopher Brunelle, Vanderbilt University.

Table of Contents

General Introduction vi
Major Blowhard [Plautus's Miles Gloriosus], Translated
1(98)
Deena Berg
Introduction to Major Blowhard
2(2)
Basic Set
4(1)
Dramatis Personae
5(1)
Major Blowhard
6(93)
Double Bind [Plautus's Menaechmi], Translated
99(86)
Douglass Parker
Introduction to Double Bind
100(5)
Basic Set
105(2)
Dramatis Personae
107(1)
Double Bind
108(77)
The Wild, Wild Women [Plautu's Bacchides], Translated
185(110)
Douglass Parker
Introduction to The Wild, Wild Women
186(3)
Basic Set
189(2)
Dramatis Personae
191(1)
The Wild, Wild Women
192(103)
The Mother-in-Law [Terence's Hecyra], Translated
295(50)
Deena Berg
Introduction to The Mother-in-Law
296(2)
Basic Set
298(1)
Dramatis Personae
299(1)
The Mother-in-Law
300(45)
The Brothers [Terence's Adelphoe], Translated
345(61)
Deena Berg
Introduction to The Brothers
346(2)
Basic Set
348(1)
Dramatis Personae
349(1)
The Brothers
350(56)
Appendix 1: A Note on the PreAct of The Wild, Wild Women 406(2)
Appendix 2: A Supplementary Prologue to The Wild, Wild Women 408

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