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Plautus, Casina 353-423.
Summary of scene: Lysidamus and his wife Cleostrata, fighting for control of a female slave, use their male slaves as surrogates, having them draw lots and strike each other. The slaves dislike each other and are motivated by competition. Filmed in Gerrard Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Text adapted for performance by the cast, from translations by Sharon James and Christopher Stace (Cambridge 1982).
Version Two: Slapstick, scripted, using tragic masks provided by Amy Cohen, and costumes provided by NEH staff.
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Produced at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, July 2012, as part of the NEH Summer Institute, "Roman Comedy in Performance," co-directed by Sharon L. James and Timothy J. Moore. Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Department of Classics and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, provided further funding.
For full information about the Institute and the scenes, go to: http://nehsummer2012romancomedy.web.unc.edu/
DVDs of all the performances from this Institute can be purchased here: romancomedyinperformance.blogspot.com/2013/05/order-your-dvds-here_19.html
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this web site do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Plautus, Casina 353-423.
Summary of scene: Lysidamus and his wife Cleostrata, fighting for control of a female slave, use their male slaves as surrogates, having them draw lots and strike each other. The slaves dislike each other and are motivated by competition. Filmed in Gerrard Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Text adapted for performance by the cast, from translations by Sharon James and Christopher Stace (Cambridge 1982).
Version Two: Slapstick, scripted, using tragic masks provided by Amy Cohen, and costumes provided by NEH staff.
You can leave comments here or—better yet—go to the blog page for the Casina group:
blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8246364261296627310#editor/target=post;postID=7740078277864218107
Produced at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, July 2012, as part of the NEH Summer Institute, "Roman Comedy in Performance," co-directed by Sharon L. James and Timothy J. Moore. Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Department of Classics and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, provided further funding.
For full information about the Institute and the scenes, go to: http://nehsummer2012romancomedy.web.unc.edu/
DVDs of all the performances from this Institute can be purchased here: romancomedyinperformance.blogspot.com/2013/05/order-your-dvds-here_19.html
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this web site do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
