Hecyra: The Mother-In-Law: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hecyra: The Mother-In-Law, credited to Terence, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Hecyra: The Mother-In-Law by Terence. (Translated by Henry Thomas Riley.) Read in English by a full cast. Terence's six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator. NOTE: the main plot elements in Hecyra are quite unacceptable today: Pamphilus has just married a woman he does not recognize that he had earlier raped in a drunken fit; nor does she recognize him. His mistress Bacchis is upset with the marriage and rejects him. He then wanders off, returning only in time to discover his wife with a new child that can't possibly be his. It takes both Mother and Mother-in-Law, and Bacchis, to bring a happy ending out of this confusion. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Laches, an aged Athenian, father of Pamphilus: ToddHW Phidippus, an aged Athenian, father of Philumena: alanmapstone Pamphilus, son of Laches: Tomas Peter Sosia, servant of Pamphilus: Nemo Parmeno, servant of Sostrata: Eva Davis Sostrata, wife of Laches: Beth Thomas Myrrhina, wife of Phidippus: TJ Burns Bacchis, a Courtesan: Sonia Philotis, a Courtesan: Devorah Allen Syra, a Procuress: Availle Stage directions: Leanne Yau Edited by: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hecyra: The Mother-In-Law
• Author credits: Terence
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:31:04

Catalogue topics

• comedy
• play
• Ancient Rome

Track guide

1. 01 - Act 1 — 15:41
2. 02 - Act 2 — 10:24
3. 03 - Act 3 — 24:03
4. 04 - Act 4 — 31:54
5. 05 - Act 5 — 9:02

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