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03 Pseudolus All Female Cast
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Plautus, Pseudolus 133-234 • As the young lover Calidorus and his slave Pseudolus watch on, the pimp Ballio drives his slaves outside his brothel and denounces them for being lazy and wasting his money. He then leads out some prostitutes, including Calidorus' beloved Phoenicium, and insists they bring in more money and gifts. It is, he claims, his birthday. When he leads them back inside his house, Calidorus begs Pseudolus to find some way to free Phoenicium from Ballio. • Drawing inspiration from drag king performance, the all-female cast plays with/against gender by enacting the male characters in drag. The Split Britches adaptation of Alcestis at Hampshire College provided inspiration for the breakout scene. • Translation by Meredith Safran. Breakout scene by Elizabeth Patterson and Meredith Safran. Directed by Elizabeth Patterson. Filmed in Gerrard Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. • You can leave comments and questions here, or—better yet—put them on our blog page for the All-Female Drag King Pseudolus group: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blog... • Produced at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, July 2012, as part of the NEH Summer Institute, Roman Comedy in Performance, co-directed by Sharon L. James and Timothy J. Moore. Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Department of Classics and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, provided further funding. • For full information about the Institute and the scenes, go to: http://nehsummer2012romancomedy.web.u... • DVDs of all the performances from this Institute can be purchased here: http://romancomedyinperformance.blogs... • Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this web site do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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