by Plauto · Clásicas Del Orto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478826742
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«Los gemelos» is the comedy by Plautus published by Clásicas Del Orto in paperback (62 pages, in Spanish).
Two twin brothers, Menaechmus and Sosicles, are separated in childhood; years later, their physical resemblance triggers a chain of mistaken identities when one of them arrives in a city where the other is known. The play plays with confusion of identities and recognition, and has been noted as an inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
Original title: Menaechmi. Introduction and translation by José Antonio Enríquez and Ana Nieva.
For students of classical literature and theatre and for those interested in the origins of Western comedy.
Titus Maccius Plautus was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière.
