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Centuries rolled back with the curtains at Agassiz Theatre last night, and onlookers were treated to a savory slice of Roman humor. The occasion was the opening of this year's Latin play, Plautus' "Mostellaria...

Author: By Edward J. Ottenhelmer jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 4/28/1951 | See Source »

...Professional dates" are fine--just don't send your father the bills. That's the moral of this year's Latin play, Plautua's "Mostellaria," which will open a two-day run at Agassiz Theatre April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classical Players Pick 'Mostellaria' | 4/10/1951 | See Source »

...above classical simile is not quite an accurate description of the Club, since it has functioned quietly and efficiently since the brighter times in 1936 when it presented the "Mostellaria" of Plautus, also in the original tongue, to cheering crowds at the Tercentenary of which this was an official part...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classical Club to Present "Birds" of Aristophanes in the Original Greek | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

Additional qualifications of the speakers include: for Ogle, the leading part in the Mostellaria, Latin play of the Tercentenary, and the winning of the Lee Wade Prize with a Greek rendition; for Miller, the giving of one of the three undergraduate speeches at the Tercentenary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MELONE, MILLER, OGLE SELECTED AS ORATORS FOR COMMENCEMENT DAY | 5/26/1937 | See Source »

...work, composed in the modern manner, was written for the Classical Club's interpretation of Plautus' "Mostellaria," with text from Ovid's "Fasti." The play was never performed and so Carter's piece remained unknown and unsung until it was rediscovered by G. Wallace Woodworth '24, conductor of the Glee Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB WILL GIVE PREMIER AT MILTON | 3/5/1937 | See Source »

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