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Plautus: Menaechmi (Paperback)
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Plautus: Menaechmi (Paperback)
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
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This new volume in the Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions series
is perfect for students coming to one of Plautus' most whimsical,
provocative, and influential plays for the first time, and a useful
first point of reference for scholars less familiar with Roman
comedy. Menaechmi is a tale of identical twin brothers who are
separated as young children and reconnect as adults following a
series of misadventures due to mistaken identity. A gluttonous
parasite, manipulative courtesan, shrewish wife, crotchety
father-in-law, bumbling cook, saucy handmaid, quack doctor, and
band of thugs comprise the colourful cast of characters. Each
encounter with a misidentified twin destabilizes the status quo and
provides valuable insight into Roman domestic and social
relationships. The book analyzes the power dynamics at play in the
various relationships, especially between master and slave and
husband and wife, in order to explore the meaning of freedom and
the status of slaves and women in Roman culture and Roman comedy.
These fundamental societal concerns gave Plautus' Menaechmi an
enduring role in the classical tradition, which is also examined
here, including notable adaptations by William Shakespeare, Jean
Francois Regnard, Carlo Goldoni and Rodgers and Hart.
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