All in all a very entertaining 'fluff' play, that will make you laugh and is a good place to start if you want to read more ancient literature, but don't know much about the tim Read 'Miles Gloriosus' (here called 'The Swaggering Soldier', in other versions 'The Braggart Soldier') for a university class. I found it much funnier than Aristophanes, who's a bit too vulgar for my taste, and also easier to follow as the amount of references to contemporary society and it's figureheads are much fewer. Read 'Miles Gloriosus' (here called 'The Swaggering Soldier', in other versions 'The Braggart Soldier') for a university class. But adapting the stereotypes of Greek New Comedy seems to have been a burden to Plautus: you can sense he's bursting at the seams of his aesthetics, pining for the freedom of an Aristophanes, but the strictures enforced by a Roman audience force Plautus into intricately woven ironies - in Captivi, for instance, master and slave reverse roles while both being slaves. But adapting the stereotypes of Greek New Comedy seems to have been a burden to Plautus: you can sense he's bursting at the seams of his aesthetics, pining for the freedom of an Aristophanes, but the strictures enforced by a Roman audience force Plautus into intricately woven ironies - in Captivi, for instance, master and slave reverse roles while both being s Plautus follows one of John Cleese's rules - make a vulgar situation like an angry argument funnier with the use of complicated language. Plautus follows one of John Cleese's rules - make a vulgar situation like an angry argument funnier with the use of complicated language. It is very accessible and the characters would be credible (mind you, exaggerated) even for a modern audience. If you ever have to perform a play or scene, this one would be one to consider.
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