The Menaechmi (Classics: Roman Comedy)

"Contrary to what their parents tell them, identical twins are essentially the same person". Plautus' Roman comedy Menaechmi, (the inspiration behind Shakespeare's A comedy of Errors and Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) is a thrilling medley of song and satire, a farcical comedy bubbling over with crazed stock characters, absurd coincidences, and wild confrontations that haven't aged a bit over the past two millennia.