License for the Mostellaria

Description

This non-transferable license allows for unlimited printing and sharing virtually with all students in one school building. It does not expire. This license is for the Mostellaria. To purchase and receive the licensed play as a PDF, you must complete both your purchase order as well as submit the licensing information. This play is also available as a physical book for $12 on Amazon.

With this license, it is permissible to print copies of the Mostellaria using a school’s copier or print shop for use by students at the school. It is also permissible to share the licensed content directly with students in Google Classroom (or a similar program). Compared to purchasing a class set of plays for $12.00 each, this is a steal at $150.

Afer should be caring for his master’s son, Bucco. Instead of helping to raise an honorable young man, Afer is drinking wine, eating extravagant dinners, and letting his young charge rack up a ridiculous amount of debt to purchase and free his girlfriend Flora. 

Afer’s not exactly a role model of childcare, but he’s pretty happy all the same. That is, until his master Priscus returns after three years in Egypt. Afer will dole out as many outlandish tricks as it takes to preserve the life he has, to keep Bucco happy (and the wine and food coming), and to avoid Priscsus’ anger.

Who gets the last laugh in this adaptation of Plautus’ Mostellaria?

The Mostellaria is intended for use in Latin III or Latin IV depending on the vocabulary used in your own classroom and whether the play is instructional or for use in Free Voluntary Reading. It is about 9,000 words long and uses 237 unique vocabulary words. Of those 237 unique words, some are proper names, glosses, or clear cognates. A reader needs a rich knowledge of 171 words to read this play.

For more detailed information about the play, visit this link. If you’d like to read Act I, Scene I, please visit this link. If you would like to review the vocabulary list used in the novella, that information is available here.

Note: The license for the Mostellaria may be revoked in the event of unauthorized sharing. Each licensed PDF will contain the license’s owner on it.

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