Resumo de The Persian - Tittus Maccius Plautus

Napi?ite svoj sa?etak ovde.

Though the opus of Plautus? comedies in the Classical period amounted
approximately 130 comedies, scientist and the greatest erudite of the Ancient
Rome,
Varo as really identical singled out only 21 of those works, out of
which in our country, until recently, in Serbian language available were
only the works translated by Veselin
Cajkanovic at the beginning of last century. As part of their edition Elem, Publishing House
Stylos from Novi Sad, in 2002 printed out another Plautus? comedy- The Persian,
translated by Sladjana Milinkovic. It was nice laughing again to his smart,
witty words, one more time stroll along the streets of Athens in which Romans
live, and together with them await for another happy ending. Tittus Maccius
Plautus actually translated and adapted the originals of the new-Athenian
comedies, and most frequently those by Philemon, Menandros and Diphilus. In his
effort to make the plot really alive and stress the comic elements, he included
the local jokes, Roman colors, in order to please the uneducated and impatient
Roman public. It was not rare that he had combined two comedies into one, creating their favorite
types of characters, such as a boastful, stingy old man, cook thief, crafty
slave, money-loving courtesan... Thus,
in The Persian, a comedy of intrigue,
a shrewd slave is trying to think off how to buy off the freedom of his girlfriend,
otherwise ?reputable? courtesan, by someone else?s money. Namely, he persuades
his friend, a parasite ?of thoroughbred origin? to sell his daughter, not much
less shrewd, disguised as a foreign woman, to a pimp-miser, and bearing in mind
that she is a free citizen, she will have to be returned to her father, who
will come to search for her from afar, and thus will be cheated on twice. The
crafty slave, the main character will in this manner actually buy off the
freedom of his darling with pimp?s money. However complicated all that may
sound, the comedy is worth reading. A reader of larger ?appetite? and with wider interests might pretty enjoy
himself, not only because Plautus? work is characterized by daring
imaginativeness, but because of specific scenic energy and clear and openhearted
humour. Sometimes the jokes are frivolous, but always are successful, not a bit
boring as they are always original, always up to date and unique.

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