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| − | ''Menaechmi'' by Plautus. | + | ''Menaechmi'' is a play by Titus Maccius Plautus (254-184 B.C.). It belongs to the type of comedy called by the Romans "fabula palliata" because the characters in it wore Greek costume, rather than the distinctive Roman toga. This comedy is about the misadventures caused by the presence in one city of long-separated twins. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| − | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menaechmi] | + | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menaechmi]. |
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| + | ''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. 120. | ||
A programme, flyers and photographs held by NELM: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 6. 5. 2. | A programme, flyers and photographs held by NELM: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 6. 5. 2. | ||
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Menaechmi is a play by Titus Maccius Plautus (254-184 B.C.). It belongs to the type of comedy called by the Romans "fabula palliata" because the characters in it wore Greek costume, rather than the distinctive Roman toga. This comedy is about the misadventures caused by the presence in one city of long-separated twins.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Hansell Hewitt.
Performance history in South Africa
In April 1969 Hansell Hewitt directed a production at the Rhodes Theatre starring Noel Roos, Peter Terry, John Badenhorst, Chris Weare, Betty Asprey, Nan Grey, Colin Steyn, Marguerite Poland (as Erotium), Dugald Thomson and John Burch. Sailors and slaves: Anthony Akerman, Graham Pollock, Terry Owen and Christopher Williams. Music by Albert Honey. It was presented in a double bill with Mak, the Sheep-Stealer.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. 120.
A programme, flyers and photographs held by NELM: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 6. 5. 2.
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