Cistellaria
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, H. T., translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.
Enter SILENIUM, GYMNASIUM, and PROCURESS, from the house of SILENIUM.[*](Title Cistellaria : A word formed by Plautus from the diminutive of "cistella," "a casket.") SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SILENIUM A PROCURESS SIL, GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM SILENIUM GYMNASIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM A PROCURESS GYMNASIUM
The PROCURESS, alone.A PROCURESS
Enter the GOD OF HELP[*](God of Help: For the purposes of the Prologue, which is here introduced, "help," or "assistance," is personified as a Divinity, under the name of "Auxilium," who is to assist Silenium in the discovery of her parents.), who speaks the PROLOGUE.THE GOD OF HELP
Enter ALCESIMARCHUS and MELÆNIS.ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS
Enter LAMPADISCUS.LAMPADISCUS
Enter PHANOSTRATA, from her house.PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS PHANOSTRATA MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA MELAENIS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS LAMPADISCUS MELAENIS
Enter MELÆnis, SILENIUM, and HALISCA.MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS SILENIUM ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS SILENIUM SILENIUM ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS ALCESIMARCHUS MELAENIS
Enter LAMPADISCUS.LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA
Enter HALISCA, at a distance, from the house of the FATHER of ALCESIMARCHUS.HAL. LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA HAL. LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS HAL. LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA LAMPADISCUS PHANOSTRATA HAL. PHANOSTRATA
Enter DEMIPHO.DEMIPHO LAMPADISCUS DEMIPHO LAMPADISCUS DEMIPHO LAMPADISCUS DEMIPHO The Company of COMEDIANS