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21%OFFPlautus - The Rope and Other Plays - 9780140441369 - V9780140441369
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The Rope and Other Plays

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Description for The Rope and Other Plays Paperback. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140441369
SKU
V9780140441369
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About Plautus
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c. 254-184 B.C.)

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