COMPLETE[PLAY]Aulularia by Plautus - thw

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Aulularia; or, The Concealed Treasure, by Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BCE - 184 BCE), translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1816 - 1878)
Euclio, a miserly old Athenian, has discovered a pot of gold in his house, Afraid it will be found and taken, he watches with the greatest anxiety and moves the treasure around, concealing it first in one spot and then another. Until.... (The original ending of this comedy was lost, but is herein replaced by a supplement written by Antonius Codrus Urceus.)
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This project is complete. All audio files can be found on our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/aulularia-or-the-concealed-treasure-by-titus-maccius-plautus/


Here we go again with another comic romp from the beginning of time.

Watch out for DPL Kitty becuz SHE knows all the secrets and might spill them instead of just saying you are PL OK!

Gender neutral, of course.

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/comediesofplautu01plauiala/page/373/mode/1up?view=theater

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  • Project Code: GMmbVyo3
  • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
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  • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 34
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Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy

Keywords that describe the book: treasure, paranoia

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Post by alanmapstone »

Strobilus please :wink:
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Post by MichaelMaggs »

I was wondering whether the Household God might be read by the narrator, but I see you have that role down for Kitty. Is that intended? You don't have her listed against Staphyla, Act 1
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Post by ToddHW »

Alan - thank you

Michael - I was wrong with Kitty being a household god - should have been me. (Kitty is not just a household god, she is god of everything!) Were you wanting to read the Narrator?

Thanks, Todd
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Post by MichaelMaggs »

I was hoping to volunteer for Household God and narrator. :)
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Post by ToddHW »

Sorry - I hear the narration and the household god as different voices in my mind.

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Post by Kitty »

leaving a cookie crumb for DPL and Staphila.

:)

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Post by MichaelMaggs »

ToddHW wrote: May 4th, 2022, 4:22 pm Sorry - I hear the narration and the household god as different voices in my mind.

Thanks, Todd
Ok, thanks. I’ll leave the narrator for someone else.
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Post by GregGiordano »

May I read Euclio?

Thank you!

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Post by ToddHW »

Welcome, oh aged Athenian.

Thanks, Todd
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Post by GregGiordano »

ToddHW wrote: May 5th, 2022, 4:41 am Welcome, oh aged Athenian.

Thanks, Todd
Thank you, Holy Household God!
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Post by Kitty »

Todd, here is grumpy Staphila. She's not happy with all at the unfair treatment given her in this household. :evil: I guess she's in need of a stiff drink. :lol:

I had fun and I am sorry that she doesn't appear in the last two acts...maybe the actress had to leave early back in the days :hmm:

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/aulularia_staphila_1.mp3
Recording time: 2:06 min.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/aulularia_staphila_2.mp3
Recording time: 0:48 min.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/aulularia_staphila_3.mp3
Recording time: 0:54 min.

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Post by ToddHW »

Grumpy - but perfect in this role. Staphila is PL OK.

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Alan
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Post by Kitty »

thank you, Alan, you are excelling again in the wise-cracking servant role. 8-) So cool that he has quite a big role, more for me to enjoy.

Just one very small edit to make:

> at 5:02: (p. 392) "do you ask ?" – you say "I"

the rest perfect. And I learnt a new pronunciation: "pumice", while I know what it means, I've never heard it spoken until now, and I would have mispronounced it if I had to read it in a text. Will try to remember it now.

Sonia
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