Roman Comedy : Five Plays by Plautus and Terence

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Description

David Christenson brings both his scholarly background and years of teaching to these five new translations of Rome's finest comic playwrights. These five plays, Menaechmi, Rudens, Truculentus, Adelphoe, and Eunuchus provide an introduction to the world of Roman comedy by two of its best practitioners. As with all Focus translations, the emphasis is on a handsomely produced, inexpensive, readable edition that is close to the original, with notes and an extensive introduction, notes and appendices.

Features

- Complete, close translations of 5 classic Roman plays
- Only edition that combines Plautus & Terence
- List of Olympian Deities and currency mentioned in the five plays
- Correspondence list between the scene numbers used in the plays and the Renaissance Act & Scene Numbers.

Market

Courses in Comedy, Roman Comedy, Roman Theatre, Classical Theatre, Roman Thought, as taught in departments of Classics. Also, courses in comedy, as taught in departments of English. Also, courses in Classical theater, ancient theatre, Comedy, or history of theater as taught in departments of theatre.

About the Author

David Christenson is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona, where he has won awards for both teaching and advising. His first volume of translations, Plautus: Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus, was published by Focus Publishing in 2008. He is also the author of an edition with commentary of Plautus’ Amphitruo and a forthcoming edition and commentary of Plautus’ Pseudolus.

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