Titus Maccius Plautus: The Merchant

Even old men feel full of strength when a beautiful girl is around. A play by Rome's greatest comedian. Josef Kemr in the title role. Charinus brought a beautiful slave girl, Pasicombs, from a trading trip to the island of Rhodes. What happens when his grandfather Demifo accidentally discovers her on the ship? In addition, his old friend Lysimachus, his wife and his son Eutychus become entangled in the story. Will true love win out in the end? Like the other comedies of Titus Maccius Plautus (254-184 BC). n. l. ) has a characteristic mischievous plot. It is populated with typical characters and shows the author's sense of rich, juicy language and witPersons and cast: Lysimachus, old man (Josef Kemr), Demifo, old man (Zdeněk Řehoř), Charinus, son of Demiphon (Petr Stepanek), Eutychus, son of Lysimachus (Ladislav Mrkvička), Pasicomps, slave girl (Jana Preissová), Dorippa, the wife of Lysimachus (Jana Dítětová), Cheese, her maid (Ludmila Roubíková), Akanthio, Charin's slave (Bořivoj Navrátil), Chef (Ivo Gübel), Lorarius, slave (Radislav Nikodém) and prologue (Zdeněk Ornest).