Pseudolus: or, The Cheat

Author(s): Titus Maccius Plautus, Henry Thomas Riley

Genre(s): Classics (greek & Latin Antiquity), Comedy

Narrators: Group

Number of Chapters: 5

Length: 02 hours and 12 minutes

Language: English

About two dozen comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus have survived the years, with many of them ending up rewritten and recast by other playwrights such as Moliere. This one, Pseudolus, was part of the source for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. - Summary by ToddHW

Cast list:
Simo, an old gentleman of Athens: ToddHW
Calidorus, his son, in love with Phoenicium: Tomas Peter
Charinus, the friend of Calidorus: Adam Bielka
Callipho, the friend of Simo: Alan Mapstone
Pseudolus, the servant of Simo: Jason in Panama
Ballio, a procurer, the owner of Phoenicium: Max Körlinge
Harpax, the servant of Polymachaeroplagides: Adrian Stephens
Simmia, the Cheat, a servant of Charinus: Sonia
A Cook: Eva Davis
A Boy, servant of Ballio: JennPratt
Slave of Ballio: JennPratt
Stage Directions: MichaelMaggs
Editing: ToddHW