Play Comparison - Chase Banks

 Both plays were very enjoyable to read. They both had chaotic plots that provides the reader with many ups and downs. They were quite similar in different ways. The plot of each play was to get revenge on a man who has wrongly tried to claim a woman as his own. My favorite of the comedies would be the "Braggart Soldier" due to the overall ridiculousness of the play. However, I think “Casina” would be better to make into a movie since it has an easier plot to follow. The comedy skits would probably be easier to pull off without adding unnecessary complications.

Play Comparison - LW

Both plays had an enjoyable, chaotic plot that was a roller coaster to read. They were oddly similar in a lot of ways; the premise of each was seeking revenge on a man who has wrongly tried to claim a woman for his own. My favorite of the comedies would be the "Braggart Soldier" due to the overall absurdity of it all. However, I think “Casina” would be better adapted to film since it has a much more straightforward plot. The gags would also be much easier to pull off without making things too convoluted.

Play Comparison - Ash

Casina and The Braggart Soldier were fairly similar when it comes to plot, both featuring young women being fought over by means of deception. In terms of what I would prefer, I found the comedy of Casina to have a certain level of absurdity that made it a much more enjoyable read. That on top of its simple, easy-to-follow storyline, it would definitely transition best into film, as a short, absurdist comedy.

Martin Braggart Soldier/Casina review

 

The two plays were both limited by the fact that we had to read them. It made it a lot less fun, I feel like both plays rely on a sense of absurdity which is lost without tone. Both plays were oddly similar, and I thought it was interesting how in A Braggart Soldier a slave took the role of main character. Also, the meta tone of the plays where they were self-referential was interesting, but I would not say it was funny. I did not dislike them, but they just lost a layer of humor because of the limits of the medium.

Play Comparison - Amanda

 Although both plays were interesting and plot wise very similar. I would prefer the play ‘Casina’ because I found it a bit more engaging and it was straight forward. In that case I would make a movie based off the play ‘Casina’. Both plays have the plot of two men fighting over a young lady.  For ‘Casina’ the conflict between father and son becomes a battle between husband and wife. ‘The Braggart Soldier’ is about a young man from Athens who relies on his clever slave to steal back his girlfriend. She was kidnapped from him by an outrageously conceited soldier-for-hire.

Comparison of Casina and the Braggart Soldier

 While both plays are about deceiving people so that they might be with their lover, I think “Casina” is the more adaptable play. Personally, I think that this is the better play because it is more engaging than “The Braggart Soldier”. “Casina” has a straightforward plot line that can be adapted to film. This is not to say that “The Braggart Soldier” is not a good play. It’s just a lot more complicated than “Casina” which would make it a very convoluted film. I don’t think that either of these films would actually be made into films today though due to its content.

Play Comparison - Veronica Castille

The two plays are very similar, with both focusing on a young desirable woman being fought over by two men. However, I personally found Casina to be the better of the two, due to more exciting and engaging elements within the story. It is also for this reason that I believe it could be more easily turned into a film. The whole conspiracy between Cleostrata and her servants is much more thrilling than the conspiracy in The Braggart Soldier between Pleusicles, Palaestrio, and Philocomasium. There’s lots of devising and scheming involved behind the scenes that leads to more plot twists and turns that are fun to see play out in Casina.