{"product_id":"rope-and-other-plays","title":"Rope and Other Plays","description":"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.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251024187736,"sku":"9780140441369","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140441369_792aa4e2-5137-4c8b-a515-79754e4fde54.jpg?v=1769760929","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/rope-and-other-plays","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}