Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.Р”Р„rgyrippus wants to rent his girlfriend from her mother for a year but is having difficulties raising the money. Then Amphituro and Sosia returnР”В¬ontained in: 'Amphitryon and Two Other Plays' published by W W Norton 1971Р”В¬ontained in: 'Plautus' published by Focus Publishing 2008Р”В¬ontained in: 'Plautus volume One' published by Loeb 2011Р”В¬ontained in: 'Three Plays By Plautus' published by Bolchazy 1968 In the disguise Jupiter seduces Alcumena. Jupiter disguises himself as Amphituro and Mercury as Sosia. Amphitruo has gone to war taking his servant Sosia with him. Jupiter falls in love with Alcumena the wife of Amphitruo.

If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies The play has the following Roman Gods According to (Encyclopedia Britannica 2015), Mercury, who is the son of Jupiter and Maia, one of the Pleiades. The comedy Amphytryon was written sometime during the fifteenth-century. Adaptation / Translations of Plays by PlautusР”В¬ontained in: 'Plautus The Comedies volume One' published by Johns Hopkins University Press 1995 254 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. Plautus Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. At the time Plautus was writing and performing his plays, Rome was. By making his characters unreal and placing them in unlikely situations, made the audience once again feel as if they were in another world. His plays were comical as well, but his work had another aspect the people appreciated. Plautus You must spend money to make money. Plautus was a playwright of ancient literature. He wrote about fifty plays of which twenty survive. Plautus Quotes - BrainyQuote Roman - Playwright 254 BC - 184 BC Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

In his spare time he started writing plays. He saved enough money to make nautical investments but the investments failed and he had to turn to labouring to make money. His talent for acting was discovered and he took the names Maccius Plautus meaning clown and flat-footed. He was a stage carpenter and scenery shifter. It is believed that Titus Maccius Plautus was born in the small Umbrian village of Sarsina around 254 BC. Nationality: Roman Email: n/a Website: n/a

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