Terence Comedies - Girl From Andros & The Self-Tormentor & The Eunuch & Phormio & The Mother-in-Law & The Brothers

Terence's subtle plots and sensitive characterization have had a lasting influence on modern theatre

In 'translating' Greek New Comedy into a different world, the Roman dramatist Terence (c.186-159 BC) gave to his plays a humanism and sense of style that became a model for dramatists from the Renaissance onwards

One of his technical innovations was the 'double plot', which enabled him to draw out characters with sympathy and without exaggeration to show them in all their complexity

This volume contains all six of Terence's comedies, his complete output, ranging from the first truly romantic comedy, The Girl from Andros, to the sophisticated social observation of The Brothers, which inspired Molière

This volume offers all six of the Roman dramatist's comedies ...

From The Girl from Andros, the first romantic comedy ever written, to the socially sophisticated The Brothers--show why Terence became a model for playwrights from the Renaissance onward

Also included are The Self-Tormentor, The Eunuch, Phormio, and The Mother-in-Law