num_pages: 146
description: This is the first edition of Platus' Amphitruo to appear inEnglish for approximately forty years. It contains introductory essays, Latin text and a line-by-line commentary. Students will find this an indispensable tool in reading and translating the play, which was enormously popular in antiquity and has inspired modern adaptations by Moliere, Giraudoux andHarold Pinter, among others. Dr. Christenson makes use of both current critical approaches to theater and traditionalclassical scholarship to offer many new insights into thisdelightful comedy.
language: Latin
title: The Amphitruo of Plautus
titlecomplete: The Amphitruo of Plautus
genres: Classics, School, Mythology, Drama, Ancient, Plays, Comedy, Roman, Read For School, Theatre
ratings_count: 1408
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan