{"id":168,"date":"2009-06-25T21:24:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T02:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/st-olaf-latin-plays\/miles-gloriosus\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:13:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:13:32","slug":"miles-gloriosus2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/st-olaf-ancient-plays\/miles-gloriosus2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Plautus’ Miles Gloriosus<\/em> (“The Braggart Soldier”) – 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Olaf Latin Play MMXIV<\/h2>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to read a news article about the 2014 production of Plautus’ Miles Gloriosus.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"MilesActors perfect their pig puns at the dress rehearsal.<\/em><\/p>\n

TOUR SCHEDULE\u00a0<\/b>
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014<\/b><\/em>
\nAspen Academy, Savage – 8:30 a.m.
\nThe Blake School, Hopkins – 10:30 a.m.
\nBenilde-St. Margaret\u2019s School, St. Louis Park \u2013 1:15 p.m.
\nUniversity of St. Thomas, St. Paul – 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 13, 2014<\/b><\/em>
\nPaideia Academy, Apple Valley – 8:15 a.m.
\nSeven Hills Classical Academy, Bloomington \u2013 10:00 a.m.
\nJohn Marshall High School, Rochester – 1:30 p.m.
\nGustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter – 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Friday & Saturday, March 14 & 15, 2014<\/em>
\n<\/b>St. Olaf College, Northfield – 7:30 p.m., Christiansen Hall of Music 233<\/p>\n

\"Miles<\/a>Ready or not, it’s time to\u00a0leave for our\u00a0tour!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

CAST OF CHARACTERS<\/strong>
\nPyrgopolynices: Joseph A. Burkhart \u201917
\nSinging Hams: \u00a0Katherine A. Bello \u201917, Katherine L. Hansen \u201914,\u00a0Karice E. Myers-Busch \u201917, Kaylyn P. Robinson \u201914
\nArtotrogus: \u00a0Allison R. Lonigro \u201916
\nPalaestrio: \u00a0Kaitlan J. Bender \u201916 \u2013 1st half of play;\u00a0Grace B. Koch \u201915 \u2013 2nd half of play
\nPeriplectomenus: \u00a0Kirby L. Schoephoerster \u201917
\nCario: Nicholas A. Gantt \u201915;\u00a0Puer: Matthew D. Fleshman \u201914
\nSceledrus & Lurcio: \u00a0Clemens Bart &\u00a0Hanna Seitz (international students)
\nPhilocomasium: \u00a0Vivian C. Williams \u201915
\nPleusicles: \u00a0Leif D. McLellan \u201916
\nAcroteleutium: \u00a0Eleanor D. Anderson \u201916
\nMilphidippa: \u00a0Martha E. Melin \u201916
\nInstrumentalists: \u00a0Prof. Anne H. Groton (piano),\u00a0Allison R. Lonigro \u201916 (flute),\u00a0Karice E. Myers-Busch \u201917 (oboe)<\/p>\n

Scenes 1-2:<\/strong> A chorus of singing hams arrives in Ephesus just as Pyrgopolynices (\u201cFrequent Fighter of Fortreses\u201d), a braggart soldier, returns home. He is escorted by Artotrogus (\u201cBread Gobbler\u201d), a parasite who earns his meals by flattering the soldier. The hams join the soldier and parasite in singing about Pyrgopolynices’ extraordinary virtues (Song #1). As the soldier and the hams enter the bank, Artotrogus hungrily follows.<\/p>\n

The crafty slave, Palaestrio (\u201cWrestler\u201d), appears and explains, in a delayed prologue, how he has become the soldier’s slave. Formerly he served a young Athenian, Pleusicles (\u201cSailor Guy\u201d), whose girlfriend, Philocomasium (\u201cFun at a Party\u201d), the soldier kidnapped and took home with him. When Palaestrio tried to reach his master with this news, the slave was seized by pirates and sold, by chance, to the same soldier. The girl and the slave hope to escape from Pyrgopolynices and return to Athens.<\/p>\n

Palaestrio has managed to send a letter to his former master, telling him where he and Philocomasium are. Pleusicles has just arrived in Ephesus and is staying with a helpful old man who, coincidentally, lives right next door. The crafty slave has cut a secret passageway in the wall between the two houses, enabling the girl to visit her boyfriend without the soldier’s knowledge.<\/p>\n

Scenes 3-7: <\/strong>A stray pig appears on the roof of the neighbor\u2019s house. While Sceledrus and Lurcio, the soldier\u2019s barbarian slaves, try to catch it, Cario and Puer, the neighbor\u2019s geeky slaves, watch. Looking down through an opening in the roof, the barbarian slaves happen to see Philocomasium and her lover kissing.<\/p>\n

Periplectomenus (\u201cEntangler\u201d) scares off the barbarian slaves and chastises his own slaves for having done nothing about the eavesdroppers on the roof (Song #2). After the song, Palaestrio puts on his thinking cap and dreams up a plan to fool the barbarian slaves into believing that the couple they saw kissing were Philocomasium’s (imaginary) twin sister and the sister\u2019s boyfriend, both supposed to have come on a visit to Ephesus from Athens and to be staying in the neighbor\u2019s house as his guests. When the barbarian slaves return, still quite frightened, Palaestrio, Philocomasium, and Periplectomenus confuse them so much that they stop worrying about what they saw and instead run off in search of the elusive pig.<\/p>\n

Scenes 8-9: <\/strong>Palaestrio now cooks up another scheme. After making sure they are alone and the coast is clear (Song #3), he explains his plan: Periplectomenus (a bachelor) will ask a lady friend of his to pretend to be his wife. Palaestrio will convince the soldier that this woman hates her husband and is madly in love with the soldier, prompting him to lose interest in Philocomasium. Palaestrio will tell the soldier that Philocomasium’s mother and sister from Athens are by chance visiting Ephesus that very day and could take her home with them. Pleusicles will dress up like a ship captain and escort her to the harbor.<\/p>\n

Periplectomenus exits to find his lady friend and her maid, while Pleusicles exits to find a disguise.<\/p>\n

Scenes 10-16:<\/strong> The old man returns with his lady friend, Acroteleutium (\u201cTippy Top\u201d), and her maid Milphidippa (\u201cFunny Filly\u201d); they go inside his house to prepare to fool the soldier. Pyrgopolynices comes out of the bank and runs into Palaestrio, who tells him that the neighbor\u2019s wife is dying to meet him. At that moment Milphidippa emerges and sings about how much Acroteleutium loves the soldier (Song #4). Eager to meet her, Pyrgopolynices rushes into his own house to tell Philocomasium that he is sending her home to Athens. As soon as he reappears, Acroteleutium and Milphidippa complete their trickery.<\/p>\n

Scenes 17-20:<\/strong> Pleusicles, wearing his disguise, comes to escort Philocomasium to the ship; she pretends to be reluctant to leave the soldier, but the music sung by the hams (Song #5) cheers her up. Pyrgopolynices grants her wish to let her take Palaestrio with her to Athens, thus enabling the crafty slave to escape along with Philocomasium and Pleusicles.<\/p>\n

Ready for his romantic encounter with Acroteleutium, the hapless soldier hurries to the house next door, only to discover that he has been bamboozled by a bunch of ham actors!<\/p>\n

Return to Latin & Greek Plays<\/a><\/p>\n

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