a brief history of time
animal farm
brave new world
carlo rovelli
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greek
hers to take
how to read a book
how will you measure your life
jeeves and wooster books
letters from a stoic
literary gifts
national theatre
never let me go
oscar wilde
othello shakespeare
play
read this if you want to take great photographs
seamus heaney
the art of war
the book that did not want to be read
the cursed child
the daily stoic
the world at war
waiting for godot
war of the worlds
we will never let you down
zero to one
Product details
- ISBN 9780140441369
- Weight: 213g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 2007
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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, Molière 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.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c. 254-184 B.C.)
