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| subject = [[Plautus]]'s ''[[Menaechmi]]'' ...an twins") is a 1747 play by [[Carlo Goldoni]], based on [[Plautus]]'s ''[[Menaechmi]]''. ...

| based_on = {{based on|''[[La calandria (play)|Il Calandro]]''|[[Bernardo Dovizi]]}} ...occaccio|Boccaccio]]'s ''[[The Decameron|Decameron]]'' It was first staged on 2 September 1726 in Dresden. ...

==Works== ...umour, great knowledge of low life, and a most happy gift of dialogue. His works in the genre include ''[[La Tierra de Jauja]]'' (''Jauja Land''), ''Las acc ...

...ius II]] and many honours at the Roman court. In 1513 his arduous efforts on behalf of his lifelong patron secured the election of [[Giovanni di Lorenzo ...uth, and arranged his engagement to his niece. Raphael painted a number of works for him, including frescoes of a classical and erotic style for his [[Stufe ...

...und of sexual conventions and values, and its [[comedy]] generally depends on seeing those conventions broken. ...joke.svg|thumb|A sexual joke about [[sexual attraction|attraction]], based on sexual [[stereotypes]]]] ...

| caption = Poster for 1879 production on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], featuring [[Stuart Robson (actor)|Stuart Rob | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work}} --> ...

On Boursault's first arrival in Paris in 1651 his language was limited to [[Bu ...e des satires'' (1669), but was afterwards reconciled to him, when Boileau on his side erased his name from his satires.<ref name="EB1911"/> ...

'''Shakespeare's plays''' are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English playwright and poet [[William Shakespeare]]. The exa ...open center into which jutted the stage—essentially a platform surrounded on three sides by the audience, only the rear being restricted for the entranc ...

...ɔː|t|aɪ|n}} ({{respell|PLAW|tyne}}) refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. ...ppeal to the local Roman audiences. They are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. ...

...Dictionary |access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref> It may also have been based on the term ''grand rag'', which was historically used for a [[masquerade ball ...onally always performed by men, include Besom Bet(ty); numerous variations on Bessy or Betsy; Bucksome Nell; Mrs Clagdarse; Dame Dolly; Dame Dorothy; Mrs ...

{{Redirect|If music be the food of love, play on|other uses|If Music Be the Food of Love (disambiguation){{!}}If Music Be th ...ht entertainment]] for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins [[Viola (Twelfth Night)|Viola]] and [[Sebastian (Twelfth Night)|S ...

...[[celebrity|celebrities]] have worked as entertainers, impersonating them on [[stage (theatre)|stage]] or screen, or at venues like [[party|parties]] an ...hysical resemblance between individuals is also a common [[plot point]] in works of [[fiction]]. ...

...Greek or Latin text on the left-hand page and a fairly literal translation on the facing page. ...b Library, with its Greek or Latin on one side of the page and its English on the other, came as a gift of freedom. ... The existence of the amateur was ...

...heatrical and literary ''[[milieu]]''). Most modern chronologies are based on the work of [[E. K. Chambers]] in "The Problem of Chronology" (1930), publi ...93-31667-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Thomas | first=Sidney | title=On the Dating of Shakespeare's Early Plays | journal=[[Shakespeare Quarterly]] ...