Pseudolus: or, The Cheat

Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BCE - 184 BCE)
Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1816 - 1878)

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

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

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Act 1 Group 00:57:52
Play 02 Act 2 Group 00:19:59
Play 03 Act 3 Group 00:09:39
Play 04 Act 4 Group 00:34:10
Play 05 Act 5 Group 00:10:51