Comic Actors

1.  Visit the Introduction to Comedy Website.  It is required reading for this course.

Wednesday, September 16:
"Comedy and Politics in Aristophanes' Knights"
Professor Edward Harris

Wednesday, October 7:
"Men and Women in Aristophanes'  Ladies' Day"
Professor Craig Williams

Wednesday, October 21:
"Poets in Hell: Comic Criticism in Aristophanes' Frogs"
Professor Hardy Hansen

Wednesday, November 4:
"Three Men and a Baby: Menander's The Girl from Samos"
Professor Donna Wilson

Wednesday, November 18:
"A Funny Thing Happened: Plautus' The Swaggering Soldier"
Professor Roger Dunkle

Wednesday, December 2:
"Husbands, Wives, and Slaves in Roman Comedy:  Plautus' Casina"
Professor Craig Williams
 

•  Aristophanes: Knights, Ladies' Day (Thesmophoriazusae), Frogs

• Menander:  The Girl from Samos

• Plautus: The Swaggering Soldier (Miles Gloriosus), Casina

• Aristophanes: Four Comedies  (Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, Ladies' Day) translated by Dudley Fitts, Harcourt Brace.

• Aristophanes, The Knights, Peace, the Birds, The Assemblywomen, Wealth, translated by D. Barrett & A.H. Sommerstein, Penguin.

• Menander, Plays and Fragments, translated by N. Miller, Penguin.

• Plautus, The Pot of Gold and Other Plays, translated by E.F. Watling, Penguin.

     Roman Theater in Sabratha, North Africa

Return to Roman Theater Page.

Do an honors project for Classics 0.1 with the aid of Perseus 2.0 (CD-ROM program) and, if you receive an 'A' or a 'B', an 'H' will be added to your grade on your transcript. Contact Prof. Roger Dunkle for details.

For further information e-mail Professor Roger Dunkle.

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Go to Fall 1998 Schedule of Classes.