TRANSLATIONS OF LATIN CLUB PLAY TO BE ON SALE

Translations of the "Menaechmi" of Plautus, the play to be presented by the Classical Club in Sanders Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, will go on sale along with tickets tomorrow at Leavitt and Peirce's, the Coop, Herrick's, and Stoughton 20, it was announced by W. S. Smith '30, member of the production committee. The translation, written by E. C. Weist '30 and R. W. Hyde '30, is intended to serve as a souvenir of the production, and along with a summary printed on the program, will aid the audience in following the action. The comedy as produced in Latin is described by the production committee as "nothing for an audience to shy at, but an uproarious, somewhat immoral affair, with points of resemblance to 'Charley's Aunt' and 'Little Accident', and marked superiority over 'A Comedy of Errors', which Shakespeare probably based upon it."

"Menaechmi" First Performance

The "Menaechmi" is the first Latin play to be presented for public performance by the club, which has been at work on the production since last March, and is the fourth classical play to be given in the original language at Harvard. "Oedipus Tyrannus" was presented in 1881 with Owen Wister '82 in the cast and G. L. Kittredge '81 prompter. Thirteen years later the "Phormio" of Terence was given, with (now) Professor E. K. Rand '94 taking the leading role. The presentation of the "Agamemnon" in the Soldiers Field Stadium in 1906 was a brilliant spectacle.