Cleanup date March 2009 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 Callipho ... Pseudolus is a play by the Theatre of ancient Rome ancient Roman playwright Plautus Titus ... nobleman, Simo, laments to his slave Pseudolus, a clever fellow, about how his love, Phoenicium ... drachmas, five hundred of which are to be delivered that day by messenger. Pseudolus promises his young master that he will solve his problem. An interaction between Ballio and Pseudolus and Calidorus heightens Ballio s awareness regarding trickery on the part of Pseudolus. Afterwards, Pseudolus then asks Calidorus to produce a loyal friend who would be able to help in his plan. Pseudolus then runs ... and is trying to raise the money to buy her freedom. Simo makes a bet with Pseudolus that Calidorus ... whom he has just hired. While Ballio is away from home, Pseudolus intercepts the messenger, Harpax, 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 ..., Charinus, a loyal and wealthy friend, who loans Pseudolus the 500 drachmae that he needs. Charinus ... is a foreigner, and he is reportedly incredibly intelligent. Pseudolus then instructs this slave ... General. Ballio then meets the real Harpax, whom he takes to be one of Pseudolus friends, and tells him to scram. In the end, Calidorus gets the girl, Ballio has to repay the real Harpax, and Pseudolus wins the bet with Simo. Simo and Pseudolus go out drinking together in the end. Themes The clever slave Pseudolus is an example of the stock character of the clever slave , common in Plautus works ... Pseudolus External links http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.02.0045 Latin text of Pseudolus, from the Perseus Digital Library http www.pseudolus.de German satire magazine ... more details
Rome ancient Roman playwright Plautus 251&ndash 183 BC , specifically Pseudolus , Miles Gloriosus play Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria , it tells the bawdy story of a slavery slave named Pseudolus ... role of Pseudolus , but he turned them down, allegedly because he would have to perform onstage ... starring as Pseudolus, Kenneth Connor as Hysterium, Monsewer Eddie Gray as Senex, Jon Pertwee ... on Pseudolus . In 2004 there was a limited run revival at the Royal National Theatre starring Desmond Barrit as Pseudolus, Philip Quast as Miles Gloriosus, Hamish McColl as Hysterium and Isla Blair ... Burt Shevelove and starring Phil Silvers as Pseudolus followed later by Tom Poston in the role , Lew ... was also revived with great success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus replaced later in the run ... work. Every actor who has opened in the role of Pseudolus on Broadway Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers ... as Pseudolus in one scene in Jerome Robbins Broadway , also won a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical ... Hill as musical director and Adam Cates as choreographer. The cast featured Richard Kind as Pseudolus ... Forum forum Stratford Festival schedule ref Bruce Dow originally performed the role of Pseudolus, but was forced ..., and several slaves, including head slave Hysterium and the musical s main character Pseudolus. A slave ... 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 as the two ... Miles Gloriosus, who is on his way to claim her. Pseudolus, an excellent liar, uses Philia s cheery ... best, isn t it? inside, and that he will have the captain knock three times when he arrives. Pseudolus ... along, and they will stow away on a ship headed for Greece. Satisfied with his plan, Pseudolus ... ingredient he lacks is mare s sweat, and Pseudolus goes off in search of some. Unexpectedly, Senex ... more details
named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next ... sometime during the reign of Emperor Nero . Pseudolus Zero Mostel is the lyingest, cheatingest ... and seller of beautiful women. next door, Pseudolus makes a deal he will get the girl for Hero in return ... her as his bride. Pseudolus blackmails his overseer, Hysterium Jack Gilford into masquerading as the corpse ... 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 Phil Silvers ... 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 Sondheim s music ... title tt0060438 awards Awards ref Production Zero Mostel starred on Broadway as Pseudolus ... more details
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
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
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 Tiberius Claudius 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
to the Forum as Pseudolus Sid Caesar in Little Me as Noble Eggleston and various characters ... to the Forum as Pseudolus Clifton Davis in Two Gentlemen of Verona musical Two Gentlemen of Verona as Valentine ... Nathan Lane in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus Savion Glover in Bring ... actor Patrick Wilson Tom Wopat Facts The lead role of Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way ... for portraying several characters in Jerome Robbins Broadway , amongst them, the role of Pseudolus. Three ... 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 1982 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 voice of Pumbaa in the movie 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 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 , 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 Donald Twinkacetti on Perfect Strangers TV series Perfect Strangers 1986 1987 . He also played Leo in the another short lived situation comedy starring Nathan Lane , Encore Encore 1998 1999 . Sabella also had a five episode stint ... more details
Wiktionary ignoramus 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 production. ref C ... more details
BLP sources date April 2009 Infobox musical artist img http www.emoterecords.net images gdtrianpic.jpg only free content images are allowed for depicting living people see WP NONFREE See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Gregory Douglass Img size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels Background solo singer Born Birth date and age 1980 12 19 mf y Died Origin Burlington, Vermont Burlington , Vermont , United States Genre Folk rock Occupation Singer songwriter Instrument singer vocals , acoustic guitar , piano Years active 1998&mdash present Label Emote Records Associated acts The Gregory Douglass Band Ana s Mitchell URL 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 ... more details
had recently played the similar role of the slave Pseudolus in the original London stage run of the musical ... Howerd was offered a chance by Larry Gelbart to reprise his role as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened ... more details
has performed two roles originated by Zero Mostel , Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way ... 1996 Broadway as Prologus and Pseudolus Angela Lansbury A Celebration 1996 Broadway benefit as Host ... more details
for Best Actor, even though he was not in the lead role. In 1962 Mostel began work on the role of Pseudolus ... of his best remembered roles. The role of Pseudolus was originally offered to Phil Silvers , who ... more details
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