The Pot of Gold and Others Plays Book

My trouble with Roman comedy and Greek New Comedy is that I always want it to be Aristophanes and, of course, it isn't. That said, I enjoy Plautus far more than Menander (although admittedly I haven't read anything by the latter for about a decade).

This collection contains five plays:
* The Pot of Gold (probably the weakest, although this is partially due to its unfinished state)
* The Prisoners (an interesting look at masters and slaves)
* The Brothers Menaechmus (my favourite: a comedy of mistaken identities)
* The Swaggering Soldier (another fun one centred around an elaborate scheme)
* Pseudolus (a very traditional comedy: crafty slaves, pimps and love-lorn masters)

Although I've not read any of the plays in the original Latin, this reads like a typical Penguin translation: more about conveying the feel of a piece than delivering a near-literal translation of the original.