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Rome Is Where the Heart Is
By David Grote and Arthur Wilmurt with help from the ancient city's hottest comedy writer, Plautus.
Product Code: R31000
One-act Play
Cast size: 7m., 7w. (Flexible.)
Rights and availability
This title can be licensed and sold throughout the World.
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.
Synopsis
In comedy, all roads lead to Rome and Plautus, and this lively, modern adaptation suggests why. Charinus is a nice Roman boy who has fallen in love with a slave girl. Unfortunately, so has his father, and his dad has more money. But Dad has to be careful Mom doesn't find out, so he seeks the help of a neighbor. Eventually the wives straighten out the husbands and the lovers are united, but not before an incredible series of mistaken identities, confusions, pratfalls and comic disasters.
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show One-act Play
- Product Code R31000
- Minimum Cast Size 14
- Pages of Dialogue 21
- Min. Royalty Rate $40.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 30 min
- Staging One ext. set.
Categories
- ISBN(13) 9781583421079
Customer Reviews
It was a success! The play only required minimal props and costumes. The entrances and exits were easy. This is a great, funny play for a novice cast.
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