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