Rome Is Where the Heart Is
Rome Is Where the Heart Is is a one-act play that needs 14 or more performers (7 women, 7 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 14 or more performers
- Roles
- 7 women, 7 men
- Cast notes
- 7m., 7w. (Flexible.)
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
In comedy, all roads lead to Rome and Plautus, and this lively, modern adaptation suggests why. Charinus is a nice Roman boy who has fallen in love with a slave girl. Unfortunately, so has his father, and his dad has more money. But Dad has to be careful Mom doesn't find out, so he seeks the help of a neighbor. Eventually the wives straighten out the husbands and the lovers are united, but not before an incredible series of mistaken identities, confusions, pratfalls and comic disasters. Read an
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