Rudens: a play (abridged)

Probably performed at H.C., there are two versions, one labeled abridged. There is a photo of some of the actors accompanying the annotated play text. Rudens is a play by Roman author, Plautus, thought to have been written around 211 BC. Its name translates from Latin as 'The Rope'. It is a comedy, which describes how a girl, Palaestra, stolen from her parents by pirates, is reunited with her father, Daemones, ironically, by means of her pimp, Labrax. The story is, however, far more complex; in particular, humour is derived from the interactions between enslaved people and enslavers, and the changes in friendships throughout. The play is set in Cyrene, in northern Africa, although the characters come from a range of cities around the Mediterranean, most notably, Athens (from Wikipedia)