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World History Encyclopedia - Plautus

Titus Maccius Plautus, better known simply as Plautus (actually a nickname meaning 'flatfoot'), was, between c. 205 and 184 BCE, a Roman writer of comedy plays, specifically the fabulae palliatae, which had a Greek-themed storyline. His plays are the earliest complete surviving works from Latin theatre and they are noted for adding even more outrageous comedy to traditional comic plays. Plautus...worldhistory.org/plautus/

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to this day in 2018 with the premiere of our commedia dell'arte "The Burning Canals of Venice" inspired by and staged for the Barony of the Cleftlands 40th Anniversary!
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#fbf #flashbackfriday #commediadellarte #commedia #improv #improvisation #improvcomedy #improvisedcomedy #theater #theatre #comedictheater #masks #maskedtheater #comedy #farce #plautus #romancomedy #cleftlands #midrealm #middlekingdom #societyforcreativeanachronism #sca #mysca #regrammysca

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to staging Flaminio Scala's "The Lady Who Was Belived Dead" at the Cleftlands Regular Event 2009, the start of our first really big year, our first historic scenario, the premiere of several core Players of the Patchwork, and the introduction of some of our favorite lazzi including "Of course! It all makes sense now!"

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4 years ago today we started the year encoring our romantic commedia dell'arte "A Lovely Cure" for the Barony of the Cleftlands Regular Event!

We're working on our next commedia "Difficulties in Dating"!

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Will 2023 be a fantastically lucky year for us?

to early January 2015 when we encored our commedia dell'arte adaptation of Plautus's "Aulularia: the Pot of Gold" for the Barony of the Cleftlands's Roman Saturnalia!

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