unreferenced date July 2011 Infobox Play name Pseudolus image Tito Maccio Plauto.jpg caption Plautus writer Plautus characters Pseudolus, slave of Calidorus br Calidorus br Simo, father of Calidorus br ..., and Ballio Pseudolus is a play by the Theatre of ancient Rome ancient Roman playwright Plautus Titus ... nobleman Simo, laments to his clever slave Pseudolus about how his love, Phoenicium, has ..., Ballio, for 2000 drachma e, and 500 of them are to be delivered that day by messenger. Pseudolus ..., Pseudolus, and Calidorus makes Ballio suspicious of Pseudolus machinations. Afterwards, Pseudolus asks Calidorus to produce a loyal friend who would be able to help in his plan. Pseudolus then runs into Simo ... to raise the money to buy her freedom. Simo bets Pseudolus 2000 drachmae that Calidorus will not successfully ... he has just hired. While Ballio is away from home, Pseudolus intercepts the messenger, Harpax, who was sent to deliver the last 500 drachmae and retrieve Phoenicium. Pseudolus claims to be Ballio ... to deliver the money to Ballio alone. Nevertheless, Pseudolus successfully deflects the messenger ..., a loyal and wealthy friend, who loans Pseudolus the 500 drachmae that he needs. Charinus further reveals ... is reportedly incredibly intelligent. Pseudolus then finds the slave and instructs him to impersonate ... the real Harpax, whom he takes to be an imposter sent by Pseudolus. Ballio and Simo proceed to ridicule Harpax until they realize that he is, in fact, the real messenger and that Pseudolus has already ... the real Harpax, and Pseudolus wins the bet with Simo. Simo and Pseudolus go out drinking together in the end. Plot synopsis Long Pseudolus and Calidorus enter, Calidorus has been miserable the recent days and Pseudolus desires to help. Pseudolus is given a letter to read, mocking it All these letters ... prospect to acquire her, Calidorus has no money to buy her with. Pseudolus will help him, he ... appreciative and still sad All my hope of life rests on you . Pseudolus warns all people ... more details
Plautus 251&ndash 183 BC , specifically Pseudolus , Miles Gloriosus play Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria , the musical tells the bawdy story of a slavery slave named Pseudolus and his attempts ... s creators originally wanted Phil Silvers in the lead role of Pseudolus , but he turned them ... Thisistheatre.com, retrieved December 9, 2009 ref and featured Frankie Howerd starring as Pseudolus ... set in ancient Pompeii, as the slave Lurcio, whose character was based on Pseudolus. In 2004 there was a limited run revival at the Royal National Theatre starring Desmond Barrit as Pseudolus, Philip ... Phil Silvers as Pseudolus followed later by Tom Poston in the role , Lew Parker as Senex and Reginald ... success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus replaced later in the run by Whoopi Goldberg and also ... of Pseudolus on Broadway Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers and Nathan Lane won a Best Actor Tony Award for their performance. In addition, Jason Alexander , who performed as Pseudolus in one scene in Jerome ... Cates as choreographer. The cast featured Richard Kind as Pseudolus, Joel Blum as Senex, Stephen ... originally performed the role of Pseudolus, but was forced to withdraw from the entire 2009 season ..., son Hero, and several slaves, including head slave Hysterium and the musical s main character Pseudolus. A slave belonging to Hero, Pseudolus wishes to buy, win, or steal his freedom. One of the neighboring ... by Piracy pirates . One day, Senex and Domina go on a trip and leave Pseudolus in charge of Hero. Hero confides in Pseudolus that he is in love with the lovely Philia, one of the courtesans in the House of Lycus. Pseudolus promises to help him win Philia s love in exchange for his freedom. Unfortunately ... warrior Miles Gloriosus , who is on his way to claim her. Pseudolus, an excellent liar, uses Philia .... Pseudolus comes up with a plan to slip Philia a sleeping potion that will render her unconscious ..., Pseudolus steals Hysterium s book of potions and has Hero read him the recipe for the sleeping potion ... more details
yourself what misery and concern are wasting me away. br Pseudolus I will do this for you. But what is this, I ask? br Calidorus What s wrong? br Pseudolus In my opinion, these letters are seeking children for themselves one mounts the other. br Calidorus Are you mocking me with your teasing? br Pseudolus ..., written by a charming hand? br Pseudolus By Hercules I beg you, do even hens have hands like these? For indeed a hen wrote these letters. blockquote Plautus, Pseudolus , 21 30 File I littera in manuscripto.jpg ... more details
Pseudolus , Miles Gloriosus play Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria &ndash it tells the bawdy story of a slavery slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo ... in the city of Rome sometime during the reign of Emperor Nero . Pseudolus Zero Mostel is the lyingest ... Silvers , buyer and seller of beautiful women. next door, Pseudolus makes a deal he will get the girl ... Crete to claim her as his bride. Pseudolus blackmails his overseer, Hysterium Jack Gilford into masquerading ... Gloriosus are in fact his long lost children and Pseudolus gets his freedom, a beautiful concubine to be his wife, and a dowry of 10,000 minae , compliments of Marcus Lycus. Cast Zero Mostel as Pseudolus ... ref Songs Comedy Tonight Pseudolus and Company Lovely Philia and Hero Everybody Ought to Have a Maid Pseudolus, Senex, Lycus, and Hysterium Bring Me My Bride Miles Gloriosus and Company Lovely reprise Pseudolus and Hysterium Funeral Sequence Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Company Finale Company ... as Pseudolus, ref name ibdb IBDB http ibdb.com production.asp?ID 2779 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way ... more details
has sold her services to a soldier, at which point Pseudolus hurls insults at him. Ballio takes .... In Scene IV, Pseudolus, trying to help his master, turns to Dolia, his girlfriend, for help. Afterwards ... more details
Bruce Dow born April 1, 1963 in Seattle, WA is a professional actor and singer working on stage and in film TV in Canada and the United States . Right now, he is playing Herod in the Des McAnuff, Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar having just completed a Toronto run as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for Mirvish Productions and Stratford. Bruce made his Broadway theatre Broadway debut in Jane Eyre , and has appeared on Broadway in The Music Man , and Anything Goes . He has been a regular performer at the Stratford Festival of Canada , North America s largest classical repertory theatre, in Stratford, Ontario , Canada. He as directed many plays and musicals has composed and written lyrics for a number of musicals and has taught at colleges and universities across Canada and the U.S. . In 2005, he recorded his debut CD Lucky to Be Me . In 2008, he released a second CD Keepin Out Of Mischief . External links http www.brucedow.com http www.ibdb.com person.asp?ID 75559 http www.imdb.com name nm1021405 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dow, Bruce ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dow, Bruce Category Living people Category 1963 births Category People from Seattle, Washington Category American stage actors Category Canadian stage actors ... more details
Didascaliae are a compilation of production notices for several stage works of ancient Rome . This incomplete record was probably compiled some time around the 1st century BC, and contains notes on the Stichus and Pseudolus of Plautus in Manuscript A and all the plays of Terence in the manuscript and in the commentary by Aelius Donatus , after which they were sometimes called Didascaliae Terentianae . The notes contain information about the first performance of the works, games that were played there, the plays directors and producers such as Lucius Ambivius Turpio , musical composers, the nature of the musical score, the Roman consul s that year, et cetera . In some cases, details about subsequent revivals are also preserved. ref name OCD Citation last Brown first Peter George McCarthy contribution Didascaliae year 1996 title Oxford Classical Dictionary editor1 last Hornblower editor1 first Simon editor1 link Simon Hornblower editor2 last Spawforth editor2 first Anthony editor2 link Anthony Spawforth edition 3rd place Oxford publisher Oxford University Press isbn 0 19 521693 8 ref ref Klose, D. Die Didaskalien und Prologe des Terenz Diss. Freiburg, 1966 ref ref Jocelyn, H.D. CQ 1980, 387 ff ref References reflist Category Ancient Roman theatre Category 1st century BC books uk ... more details
Stryx redirects here. This is also an incorrect spelling of the true owl genus Strix genus Strix . Image Otus scops ab cropped.png thumb right 220px The appearance and calls of owls, such as the Eurasian Scops Owl , influenced Roman ideas of the blood drinking strix . Strix pl. striges or strixes was the Ancient Rome Ancient Roman and Greek word for owl. In folklore it was considered a bird of ill omen that fed on human flesh and blood, a product of shapeshifting metamorphosis . The name is ancient Greek language Greek in origin and means owl the name of the genus Strix genus Strix follows this meaning . Classical stories The earliest recorded tale of the strix is from the lost Ornithologia of the Greek author Boios , which is partially preserved in Antoninus Liberalis s Metamorphoses . This tells the story of Polyphonte and her two sons Agrios and Oreios their father being a wild bear , who were punished for their cannibalism, like Lycaon , by being transformed into wild animals. Polyphonte became a strix that cries by night, without food or drink, with head below and tips of feet above, a harbinger of war and civil strife to men . ref Translation by Oliphant, pp. 133 134. ref The first Latin allusion is in Plautus s Pseudolus , ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Pl. Ps. 790 Pseudolus 819 ref dated to 191 BC , in which a cook, describing the cuisine of his inferiors, compares its action to that of the striges &mdash i.e., disemboweling a hapless victim. Horace , in his Epodes , makes the strix s magical properties clear its feathers are an ingredient in a love potion. Seneca the Younger , in his Hercules Furens , shows the striges dwelling on the outskirts of Tartarus . Ovid tells the story of striges attacking the legendary king Procas in his cradle, and how they were warded off with arbutus and placated with the meat of pigs, as an explanation for the custom of eating beans and bacon on the Kalends of June. ref Fasti , vi.101 ff. ref Though descr ... more details
Junix Inocian birth name Rufino Duran Inocian, Jr. , born March 17, 1951 ref http www.imdb.com name nm0633762 Junix Inocian . IMDB. Retrieved 2010 05 19. ref is a Filipino people Filipino international stage, television and movie actor who starred in various plays such as Miss Saigon , Fiddler on the Roof , and the movie version of the Swedish crime novel Tatuerad Torso. ref http slashmaraud.blogspot.com 2010 03 junix inocian celebrity and.html Junix Inocian Celebrity and Photographer . SlashMaraud. Retrieved 2010 05 19. ref ref name saigon http www.rsjdfg.com MSPage Junix.Inocian.html Junix Inocian . Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1995. Retrieved 2010 05 19. ref Early life and career Junix was born in Iligan City , in the Philippines on March 17, 1951. He graduated from Silliman University in Dumaguete City where he obtained a degree in Theater Arts , and proceeded to take further studies in the University of Michigan where he obtained a degree in Acting in 1978. He trained with Mary Hutchinson, an acting coach from Syracuse University , New York , and with Paul Palmore, an acting coach from the University of Michigan . Subsequent to his studies in the U.S., Junix joined Repertory Philippines where he starred in at least sixty productions. ref name saigon Stage appearances His stage appearances include leading roles in Little Shop of Horrors, as Audrey 2 Mass Appeal, as Father Tim Farley Man of La Mancha, as Sancho The Government Inspector, as the Mayor The Pirates of Penzance, Major General Stanley A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, as Pseudolus Fiddler On The Roof, as Tevye Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as Sweeney Todd Children of a Lesser God, as James Leeds. ref name saigon Television and movie On television Junix also appeared in various shows such as in Sesame, the Filipino version of Sesame Street Sitak Ni Jack Jack s Taxicab , a top rated sitcom and the show A Dangerous Life, a six hour documentary series based on the EDSA People Po ... more details
Zero Mostel A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus Sid Caesar Little Me as Noble ... as Billy Early 1972 Phil Silvers A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus ... as Pseudolus Savion Glover Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk as da Beat Lil Dahlin Adam Pascal ... Weede Patrick Wilson actor Patrick Wilson Tom Wopat col end Facts The lead role of Pseudolus in A Funny ..., the role of Pseudolus. Three other male roles have produced multiple Tony Award winners J. Pierrepont ... more details
Infobox person name Ernie Sabella image imagesize 250px caption birthname Ernest Sabella birth date birth date and age 1949 9 19 birth place Westchester, New York , United States U.S. death date death place othername occupation Actor yearsactive 1978 present spouse Cheryl Sabella ? present website Ernest Ernie Sabella ref http www.filmreference.com film 80 Ernie Sabella.html ref born September 19, 1949 is an United States American actor , who is best known for his role as the official voice of Pumbaa from the The Lion King . Life and career Born in Westchester, New York , Sabella graduated from Westlake High School New York Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York. Sabella then went on to graduate from the University of Miami , where he studied at the Department of Theatre Arts and performed at the university s highly regarded Jerry Herman Ring Theatre . His stage credits include The Robber Bridegroom musical The Robber Bridegroom 1978 , Little Johnny Jones 1982 , Guys and Dolls musical Guys and Dolls 1992 , A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 , Chicago musical Chicago 1996 , Man of La Mancha 2002, as Sancho Panza and Sweet Charity 2005 . Film credits include Quiz Show 1994 as the car salesman, In & Out 1997 as Aldo Hooper, Walt Disney Pictures Disney s The Lion King 1994 and multiple sequels and spin offs as Timon and Pumbaa Pumbaa . He also has worked with Nathan Lane , who had voiced Timon, in Guys and Dolls musical Guys and Dolls , Mouse Hunt , The Producers 2005 film The Producers in a deleted scene and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum . In the latter production, Sabella portrayed Marcus Lycus while Lane played Pseudolus. On television, Sabella portrayed apartment manager Lou Donatelli in the Jason Bateman comedy It s Your Move 1984 85 . He played store owner and landlord Donald Twinkacetti on Perfect Strangers U.S. TV series Perfect Strangers 1986 1987 . He also played Leo in the another short lived situation comedy starring Na ... more details
Wiktionary ignoramus italic title Ignoramus is a college farce , a 1615 in literature 1615 academic play by George Ruggle. Written in Latin with passages in English and French , it was arguably the most famous and influential academic play of English Renaissance theatre English Renaissance drama . Ruggle based his play on La Trappolaria 1596 in literature 1596 , an Italian language Italian comedy by Giambattista della Porta which in turn borrows from the Pseudolus of Plautus . In Latin language Latin wikt ignoramus Latin ign r mus the first person plural present active indicative of wikt ignoro Latin gn r I do not know , I am unacquainted with , I am ignorant of literally means we are ignorant of or we do not know . The term acquired its English meaning of an ignorant person or dunce as a consequence of Ruggle s play. Performance The play was first produced in Clare College, Cambridge on Wednesday, March 8, 1615 in literature 1615 , as part of the program of entertainments for a visit by King James I of England James I . James enjoyed the play so much that he returned to Cambridge to see it again on Saturday, May 13 of that year. ref Edmund Kerchever Chambers E. K. Chambers , The Elizabethan Stage, 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923 Vol. 3, pp. 475 6. ref Contemporary John Chamberlain letter writer John Chamberlain reported that the play was full of mirth and variety with many excellent actors, but more than half spoiled by its extreme length of six hours. Texts Ignoramus was entered into the Stationers Register on April 18, 1615, and was published later that year by the bookseller Walter Burre . Two subsequent editions were issued in 1630, and other editions followed in 1658, 1659, 1668, 1707, 1731, 1736, 1737, and after. John Sidney Hawkins issued an elaborately edited text in 1787. Several manuscripts of the play also exist. The MS. in the collection of the Bodleian Library , Tanner MS. 306 , features a cast list of the amateur actors in the original prod ... more details
BLP sources date April 2009 Infobox musical artist img http www.emoterecords.net images gdtrianpic.jpg See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Gregory Douglass image size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels background solo singer birth date Birth date and age 1980 12 19 mf y death date origin Burlington, Vermont Burlington , Vermont , United States genre Folk rock occupation Singer songwriter instrument singing vocals , acoustic guitar , piano years active 1998&mdash present label Emote Records associated acts The Gregory Douglass Band Ana s Mitchell website http www.gregorydouglass.com www.gregorydouglass.com Gregory Douglass born December 19, 1980 is an United States American singer songwriter . Douglass plays lead guitar and piano . Background Douglass was born and raised in rural Vermont , winning local talent shows in his early teens. He taught himself to play the piano and guitar, and began writing his own songs during junior high. While attending Brewster Academy in New Hampshire , Douglass composed and recorded the material for his first two albums. On graduation day, the schools Headmaster presented him with a music award and publicly announced that Douglass was the first student he would ever encourage not to go to college, ref name indie citation title Reviews Gregory Douglass Up & Away url http www.indie music.com modules.php?name News&file article&sid 5285 date October 7, 2006 accessdate 2008 01 25 periodical Indi Music.com first Jennfer last Layton ref advice that convinced him to immediately pursue music full time. Douglass has also been involved in theatre work, both at the amateur and professional levels. His roles included Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , alongside actor Topher Grace who played Pseudolus , while attending Brewster Academy. Music Douglass evocative amalgamation of contemporary folk, pop, and rock have been compared to Tori Amos , Jeff Buckley , Patty Griffin and Rufus Wainwright . He was the winner of t ... more details
roles originated by Zero Mostel , Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Max ... as Prologus and Pseudolus Angela Lansbury A Celebration 1996 Broadway benefit as Host Mizlansky ... more details
he was not in the lead role. In 1962 Mostel began work on the role of Pseudolus in the Broadway ... roles. The role of Pseudolus was originally offered to Phil Silvers , who declined it, saying he did ... more details
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