Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold

by Plautus

Overview

Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's the Miser are two subsequent classics directly based on Plautine originals. Plautus himself borrowed from the Greeks, but his jokes, rapid dialogue, bawdy humor, and irreverent characterizations are the original work of an undisputed genius. The comedies printed here show him at his best, and Professor Segal's translations keep their fast, rollicking pace intact, making these the most readable and actable versions available. This volume includes, The Braggart Soldier, e Brothers Menaechmus, The Haunted House, and The Pot of Gold.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199540563
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/15/2008
Series:	Oxford World's Classics Series
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	354,679
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Erich Segal is Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He was Professor of Classics at Yale and is author of Roman Laughter, a study of Plautus. He also wrote Love Story.

Table of Contents

Includes: iThe Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold/i

Editorial Reviews

"The translation is vivid and offers a sense of immediacy. Translations of this sort can bring classics to a much wider audience and show why classical literature is not only didactic but very enjoyable as well."—Ippokratis Kantzios, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

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