Casina
Casina Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
First Performance: 185–184 BC, Rome
First English Translation: 1852
Genre: Latin farce in verse
Setting: Before the home of Lysidamus, 2nd c. bc
Cast: 3m, 2f, extras
Lysidamus, an old lecher, is determined to spend a night with his wife's maid, Casina. In order to achieve this, he arranges for his slave Olympio to marry her. However, his plan is thwarted by another slave, Chalinus, who wants to marry Casina himself in order to further the interests of his master, the son of old Lysidamus. A lot will decide which of the slaves shall take Casina as his bride. To Lysidamus' great relief, Olympio wins the lottery. Lysidamus' ensuing excitement arouses his wife's suspicions, so she and Chalinus plot together to hinder Lysidamus. First, they put it about that Casina is mad, then...
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