Casina
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Casina is a comedic play by the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, known for its farcical plot involving marital schemes and mistaken identities.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman comedy
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| author | Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | lost Greek New Comedy play ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act structure (traditional division) ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Casina
NERFINISHED
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Chalinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleostrata NERFINISHED ⓘ Lysidamus NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
clever slave
ⓘ
desired maiden ⓘ senex amator (aging lover) ⓘ young wife ⓘ |
| hasForm |
prose passages
ⓘ
verse ⓘ |
| hasHumorType |
physical comedy
ⓘ
situational comedy ⓘ verbal wit ⓘ |
| influenced | later European comic drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Roman New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic misunderstandings
ⓘ
strong female agency in Cleostrata ⓘ use of stock characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Plautine corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceType | spoken drama ⓘ |
| plotCharacteristic |
disguises
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marital schemes ⓘ servant trickery ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| setting | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
deception
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gender roles ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| tradition | Palliata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTitleInLatin | Casina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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