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Kevin P. Joyce's play ''[[When the Cat's Away]]'' is loosely based on ''[[Mostellaria]]'', transposing the story from Athens to modern day Nantucket.
 
Kevin P. Joyce's play ''[[When the Cat's Away]]'' is loosely based on ''[[Mostellaria]]'', transposing the story from Athens to modern day Nantucket.
  
Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] under the original Latin title by [[Dawid de Villiers]] in 1978.
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Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] under the original Latin title by [[Dawid de Villiers]], while a student at [[Stellenbosch University]] in 1978.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 16:43, 29 May 2023

Mostellaria is a Latin play by Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC)[1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as Mostellaria, or the Haunted House by Henry Thomas Riley, published 1912.

Kevin P. Joyce's play When the Cat's Away is loosely based on Mostellaria, transposing the story from Athens to modern day Nantucket.

Translated and adapted into Afrikaans under the original Latin title by Dawid de Villiers, while a student at Stellenbosch University in 1978.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostellaria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautus


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