It has all the characteristics that make plautus a perennial favorite among readers of latin. It remains unclear to what extent its bawdy character goes back to the lost but named greek original, the kleroumenoi men casting lots by diphilus ll. The action takes place on the streets of athens, and all the characters are greek. In the 1950s ugo cassina, a former student of peanos, still used lsf, in order to. Plautus, great roman comic dramatist, whose works, loosely adapted from greek plays, established a truly roman drama in the latin language. Plautus born as titus maccius plautus in sarsina, umbria, died in rome was a famous playwright from rome, who lived between 254 bc and 184 bc.
Miles gloriosus, menaechmi, bacchides, hecyra and adelphoe hackett publishing co. Pdf introduction to interlinguistics final draft federico gobbo. Almost nothing is known of these plays, it is usually assumed that the immediate original of the latin play was a comedy of the middle or new period. This helps the comedy overall, because lowerclass characters were often taken less seriously, and had to be less careful what they said. Plautus titus maccius author of the comedies of plautus. Maccius plautus, casina, or the stratagem defeated, act 1. Plautus classical and medieval literature criticism. Plautus titus maccius is the author of the comedies of plautus. Casina is a latin play by the early roman playwright titus maccius plautus. Rudens may be better constructed, bacchides more menandiran, casina more broadly funny, but for the special qualities of plautus. Plautus casina is a lively and well composed farce. Of all great writers of world literature, rabelais is the least pop ular, the least.
Plautus was a popular comedic playwright while roman theatre was still in its infancy and still largely undeveloped. It would appear that the faculties which make the successful comic writer commonly develop themselves at an early age. See all books authored by plautus, including four comedies. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Titus maccius plautus, better known simply as plautus actually a nickname meaning flatfoot, was, between c. Brief biography of titus maccius plautus, ancient romes bestknown playwrightplus links to all of his works currently in print. Author titus maccius plautus titus maccius plautus c254 bc 154 bc there can be few greater barriers between us and our understanding of a historical figure than the fact that he lived and died the best part of 200 years before the birth of christ. The braggart soldier, the brothers menaechmus, the haunted house, the pot of gold oxford worlds classics, and five comedies. At the same time, the roman republic was expanding in power and influence. Maccius plautus, casina, or the stratagem defeated. Plautus curculio, the shortest of the twenty surviving comedies by ancient romes master dramatist, certainly is among his best.
Rudens, curculio, casina translations from greek and roman authors 9780521280464. Digital libraries initiative, phase 2 provided support for entering this text. Summary plautus born as titus maccius plautus in sarsina, umbria, died in rome was a famous playwright from rome, who lived between 254 bc and 184 bc. Click here to download a slideshow from the 2001 production of plautus pseudolus. Rudens, curculio, casina translations from greek and roman authors paperback january 29, 1982 by plautus author, christopher stace translator 1. Plautus was a roman playwright and his dates as best as we can tell are 255. Cicero, caesar, tacitus, plautus, which is known as pronuncia restituta. Slavery informed the lived experience of plautus audience and this reality was embedded in plautus dramatization of masterslave relations. A monologue from the play casina by titus maccius plautus. His plays are the earliest complete surviving works from latin theatre and they are noted for adding even more outrageous comedy to traditional comic plays.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Triangular shaped tops with rounded edges, in solid natural american walnut. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Legs in matte black finish metal, feet in plastic material. The casina is undoubtedly one of plautus most farcical creations. The editors aim is to establish the play as one of the liveliest of ancient. Biography titus maccius plautus, often simply referred to as plautus was a roman playwright and comedy writer.
The complex plot of deceit and confusion is, in the way of the genre, finally resolved in reconciliation. Plautus s latin is quite entertaining and attractive, but full of forms one doesnt encounter in the usual golden age prose authors or poets. The development of constructions as illustrated by plautus. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Actors can create a free profile as well as directors, casting directors, producers and agentsmanagers. Le corbusier, rietveld, mackintosh, asplund, wright, perriand, albini. Anyone who seeks to understand the poet and his audience on their own terms should read plautus and roman slavery.
The editors aim is to establish the play as one of the liveliest of ancient comedies, and in their introduction and notes to make. Their extensive collection contains seminal pieces by franco albini. Plautus the playwright, biography, facts and quotes. Plautus edited and translated by david christenson. But the amphitryon, though in some ways typical of new comedy. Plautus classical and medieval literature criticism essay. Nov 26, 2004 anthology of 3 plays of roman comic dramatist titus maccius plautus c. Maccius plautus, casina, or the stratagem defeated henry thomas riley, ed.
Amphitryon 339 writing burlesque, was the author of an amphitryon. His theatrical genius, vitality, farcical humor, and control of the latin language rank him as romes greatest comic playwright. Adaptations were certainly made, the more obvious of which i shall point out in what follows. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. In athens, pleusicles was crazy for a courtesan named philocomasium. The plot revolves about a beautiful girl, casina, who is being fought over by two men. She was abandoned at the door of lysidamus and his wife cleostrata, and has been raised as a. Lysidamus has persuaded his neighbor alcesimus to send over his wife myrrhina, a close friend of cleostrata, so that she can help with the wedding preparations. Willcocks edition, the first in english for over fifty years, remains one of the most. Usually, the humorous characters in plautine plays are of low social standing. His comedies are the earliest works in latin literature to have survived in their entirety. Le corbusier, pierre jeanneret, charlotte perriand. Pseudolus, the most plautine of plautus plays, is his masterpiece.
Little is known for certain about the life and personality of plautus, who ranks with terence as one of the two great roman comic dramatists. The play on which he based his aulularia the pot of gold has not survived. The plot, which concerns the competition of a father and his son for the same girl and the various scurrilous tricks employed in the process, gives full scope to plautus inventiveness and richly comic language. Founded in italy back in 1927, design company cassina is a colossus of the industry. He wrote palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of latin literature, livius andronicus. As per comedic conventions, the characters are typical stock characters, and the jokes are derived by a combination of verbal wit and comedic situations. Amphitryon, the comedy of asses, teh pot of gold, the two bacchises, and the captives. Alcesimus wants to send everyone off so that lysidamus can sleep with casina in his house before they all go to the countryside.
Based upon the collaboration between cassina and the fondation le corbusier, the lc collection was set up by the company in 1960 and ranges from the. Caplan these three functions recur in the prologues of plautus. The villicus was an upper slave, who had the management of the country farm, and all the business on it, except that relative to the cattle. But the satiric quality of these plays is bland by comparison with the trenchant ridicule of old comedy. We do know that the play was first performed in rome in april, 191 b. Plautus comedies are among the earliest intact works in latin literature, and they are the main source of the socalled archaic latin. The play follows the plots and plans of two prostitutes, chrysis and cassina, and. Plautus was sometimes accused of teaching the public indifference and mockery of. Maccius plautus, casina, or the stratagem defeated, act. In 2015, all chrome plating in the entire cassina product portfolio, comprising the.
Plautus used puns, he played with words, or he gave the words another meaning. A casting calls, auditions resource and talent database. Anthology of 3 plays of roman comic dramatist titus maccius plautus c. Click here to download a slideshow from the 2001 production of plautus pseudolus titus maccius plautus c.
Only about 40% of plautus text is in the standard spoken rhythm of latin and greek drama, the iambic trimeter or its latin variant the senarius 6footer. An epitaph on plautus has the goddess comedy in deep mourning and the stage empty. Casina book by titus maccius plautus, plautus, w t. His only principle is that the artist is a man and it is for men that he must write. Plautus plays are without exception new comedy palliatae, i. Willcocks edition, the first in english for over fifty years, remains one of the most concise yet thorough. The cassina i maestri models are listed in the following order. Plautus simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. His theatrical genius, vitality, farcical humor, and control of the latin language rank him as romes greatest comic playwright during the 3d century b. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a medium level of accuracy. While pleusicles was away, the soldier came to athens, and made advances to philocomasium.
As cleostrata, the wife of lysidamus, has her suspicions, she supports her son and chalinus. Plautus and terencechapter 2 wikisource, the free online. Sergius plautus, writing at a similar time, may also. The braggart soldier, by plautus page 2 his master back in athens was a fine young man, named pleusicles.
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