Word: menaechmus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Both Menaechmus twins were in a class with me last semester,” he says. “Maybe that explains their zest when they insult and threaten...
...amusing play into a really humorous "Comedy of Errors". And it is, incidentally this play upon which Shakespeare based his comedy, the plots being almost identical. Carleton Green '30 carries off the laurels for the acting by his grimacing and gesticulating representation of the part of Peniculus, parasite of Menaechmus I. The rest of the cast, moreover, also puts on an extremely convincing performance, and the combined efforts of all make the revival well worth seeing...
...Menaechmus of Epidamnus will be played by E. C. Weist '30. Friench Simpson '32 will take the part of his twin brother. Menaechmus of Syracuse, with whom he is confused during most of the play. R. S. Shuman '31 will be the wife of the first Menaechmus, with M. W. Mansur '30 as her father. Messenio, the slave of Menaechmus of Syracuse, will be played by W. W. Wing...
Carleton Green '30 will play the part of the parasite. The part of Erotium, the girl whom Menaechmus prefers to his wife, will be taken by R. W. Hyde '30. Her establishment consists of a cook, F. M. Chambers '30. and a maid, Matthew Hale, Jr. '32. H. C. Friend '31 will play the doctor, who is summoned to treat the supposedly mad Menaechmus...
| 1 |