Diphilus
Diphilus , fl. 300 BC, Greek dramatist of the New Comedy, b. Sinope. His many dramas (perhaps 100) were extensively adapted by Plautus and Terence and influenced the entire Roman stage. The fragments of his works that remain reveal his talent for strongly contrasted scenes and brilliant theatrical effects.
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(movie review) (movie reviews)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 7/17/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...a young miner, and, most of all, the words he speaks - adumbrates the hero's fate. Wilde will return to London, enjoy brilliant theatrical and literary success while also trying to be a genius at life, marry a loving wife who bears him two boys, discover and...
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Momix. (Joyce Theater, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 4/1/1997; ; 522 words
; ...also presented (together with a mixed bill, which I didn't see) during this New York season, Pendleton waters down often-brilliant theatrical conceits by presenting them in a relentless, yet chopped-up, emanation of ingenuity. After a while, both Passion and...
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EarthWise: pictograph rock. (Agawa Rock paintings near Lake Superior)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 10/1/1996; ; 643 words
; ...each creature and symbol may never be completely understood. Just to see the pictographs, though, is enough to be able to learn from the spirits on the stone. Those that remain reveal the mystery and beauty of a time that has melted into history.
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Plautus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Bag). All the plays are based on Greek originals, especially those by the 3d-and 2d-century B.C. comic playwrights Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. Dates for the production of only two plays are known: Stichus (200 B.C.) and the Pseudolus (191 B.C.). Approximate...
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Terence
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and the Andria and Eunuchus each draw upon two plays of Menander. The Adelphoe borrows from a play of Menander and a play of Diphilus (ca. 340-289 B.C.). The Plays The Andria, Terence's first play, is typical. Two young men, who are friends, are in love with...
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