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Rudens; or The Fisherman's Rope

Titus Maccius Plautus

Length
2 h 34 min
Chapters
5
Language
English
Genre
Comedy
First published
1913

A comedy - although with human trafficking. Also a tempest, a shipwreck or two (described by the actors but invisible to the audience - and thus perfectly adapted to an audioplay), a wallet with special trinkets lost at sea, and a special fishing line.... And of course the almost unpronounceable names of antiquity. - Summary by ToddHW

Cast list:

Arcturus, who speaks the Prologue: Greg Giordano

Daemones, an aged Athenian, now living at Cyrene: ToddHW

Plesidippus, a young Athenian, in love with Palaestra: Priamedes

Sceparnio, Servant of Daemones: Alan Mapstone

Gripus, Servant of Daemones: Larry Wilson

Turbalio, Servant of Daemones: Inkell

Trachalio, the servant of Plesidippus: Beeswaxcandle

Labrax, a Procurer: Sonia

Charmides, a Sicilian, his guest: Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi

Fisherman of Cyrene: Michael Faze

Ptolemocratia, Priestess of Venus: Agnes Robert Behr

Palaestra, young woman in the possession of Labrax: Jenn Broda

Ampelisca, young woman in the possession of Labrax: laurakgibbs

Stage Directions: Adrian Stephens

Editing: ToddHW

Chapters

From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org), the text (opens archive.org), all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org).