Penguin Classics Rope And Other Plays [Paperback]

Plautus (Author), E F Watling (Foreword, Translator)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classic (Jan 1 1964)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140441360
ISBN-13: 978-0140441369
Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 259 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #337,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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, 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.