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Terence

Andria

drama

A young man discovers on his wedding night that his bride is pregnant by another man. The comedy of errors that follows is resolved by the oldest device in ancient drama — the lost child turns out to be someone's relative. Terence's first play.

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Acts

  • 1
    Act 1

    Pamphilus loves Glycerium, a girl from Andros, but his father Simo has arranged his marriage to Chremes' daughter. The slave Davus advises.

    334 lines
  • 2
    Act 2

    Simo tests his son by pretending the wedding is today. Pamphilus panics. Davus devises a scheme to delay.

    286 lines
  • 3
    Act 3

    Glycerium gives birth. Davus arranges for the baby to be left on Simo's doorstep to provoke a crisis. The plan misfires.

    237 lines
  • 4
    Act 4

    Charinus, who loves Chremes' daughter, adds to the confusion. Chremes cancels the wedding — then un-cancels it when the scheme is exposed.

    297 lines
  • 5
    Act 5

    Crito arrives from Andros and reveals that Glycerium is actually Chremes' other daughter, long lost. Both young men get their brides.

    298 lines
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