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Clips from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

"Something familiar, something peculiar"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something appealing, something appalling"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Nothing for kings"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Nothing for crowns"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Bring on the lovers, liars and clowns"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Old situations, new complications"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Nothing portentous or polite"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something convulsive, something repulsive"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something aesthetic, something frenetic"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Nothing of gods, nothing of fate"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Weighty affairs will just have to wait"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Our principal characters live... on this street,"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"in a less fashionable suburb of Rome, in these three houses."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"First, the house of Erronius, a befuddled old man,"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"abroad now in search of his children, stolen in infancy by pirates."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something erratic, something dramatic"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Second, the house of Lycus, a buyer and seller of the flesh of beautiful women."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"That's for those of you who have no interest in pirates."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"A comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"And, finally, the house of Senex, who lives here with his wife and son."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Also in this house dwells Pseudolus, slave to his son."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Pseudolus is my favourite character in the piece..."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"a role of enormous variety and nuance,"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"and played by an actor of such versatility, such magnificent range, such..."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Let me put it this way... I play the part."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something familiar, something peculiar"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something that's gaudy, something that's bawdy"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Something for everybody's taste"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Pantaloons and tunics"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Courtesans and eunuchs"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Funerals and chases"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Baritones and basses"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Panderers - Philanderers"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Cupidity - Timidity"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Mistakes - Fakes"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Rhymes - Mimes"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Tumblers, grumblers, fumblers, bumblers"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"No royal curse, no Trojan Horse"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"And there's a happy ending of course"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Goodness and badness"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Man in his madness"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"This time it all turns out all right"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Tragedy tomorrow"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Comedy tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Hup! Hie!"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"You, boy. Why are we stopping? Hurry up."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"My dear and noble neighbours, my apologies."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Since moving in next door I've been remiss in not calling to pay my respects."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"However, it is our inaugural week, and you know what that is."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"I certainly do not. Move on."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"All right, don't stand. Move. Move! Hup."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"A common flesh pedlar in the house next to ours. Disgusting!"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Disgraceful. All that revolting flesh, just next door."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Make way for the house of Senex. - Senex, wait."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Wait."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Is this not Pseudolus, your slave? He was parading as a citizen."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Believe me, mistress, I was not parading. I was walking humbly like a slave."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"He invited us to game with him. He cheated us out of nine minae."
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"- Nine? I took seven. - Return nine."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"One. Two. Three. Four. I'm being cheated out of the money I won fairly."
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"- Pseudolus. - Seven. Eight."
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"- Where's five and six? - I'm coming to them. Nine. Five. Six."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Thank you, citizens. Do not fear, he will be punished."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Farewell. - Farewell."
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"- Now... - I know, I should be whipped."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Gently. However, my intentions were of the noblest."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Hearing that you were visiting your dear mother,"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"I wanted to purchase a remembrance... some bath essence, a new spear."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Fifty more lashes for lying."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"You were doing what you always do... seeking money to buy your freedom."
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"Freedom? Oh, madam, who would want to be free of you?"
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"Who indeed?"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Hysterium? - My mistress calls."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Slave-in-chief, drag this man home and beat him without mercy."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- I shall be brutal. - Good. Up."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"We go to buy a breeder slave. Attend to him, Hysterium, my slave of slaves."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"I live to grovel. I shall lash him to pulp. I shall wear out eight whips."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Strong men will blanch. My arm will..."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Come along. They're all from Gaul and they're all from Egypt."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"You, sir... and you."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Come along now, gents. They're all fresh in today. Don't waste my time."
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"No? Try Fertilla the Populator. 300 pounds of fertile flesh."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Has produced 18 healthy little slaves, and is capable of producing 18 more."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"You won't regret it."
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"Oh!"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"It is time we were gone. Senex?"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Hysterium?"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Ah, here you are. And there I am. A gift for my mother on the anniversary of her birth."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"104 and not an organ in working condition."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Will it please her? - The craftsmanship is superb."
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"- And the likeness? - Frightening."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"We go."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Hysterium, here are my husband's final instructions. Watch over our son Hero."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Keep him cheerful, well fed and far from the opposite sex."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"He must learn sometime."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"When that time comes, you shall teach him... what little you know."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Above all, do not let his eyes stray to that house next door. I hold you responsible."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Rather than let you down, I would die. - That is what I had in mind."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Furthermore... - We are on our way."
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"- We are on our way. - Come, Senex. Carry my bust with pride."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Yes, dear. A lesson to remember: never fall in love during a total eclipse."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Thank you, sir."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"- Where is Hero? - He's in his room, studying with his tutor."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
""The sun and the moon revolve around the Earth, as do the four planets.""
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
""Above all there is a great blue bowl, which is the sky. There are many stars...""
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
""..capable of much pleasure, among which the brushing of a flower...""
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
""Many stars have been named by the Egyptian astronomers,"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"but we have developed our modern system of astronomy from the Greeks.""
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Who, as you know, were very poor scholars."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
""The Earth is a flat platform of ground that meets...""
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
"Take this message of my love to she who has captured my heart."
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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