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  • Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite by TERENCE | LibriVox's New Releases

    "Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes, is a wealthy woman, possessed of large estates in the island of Lemnos. Chremes, who goes thither yearly to receive the rents, meets with a poor woman there, whom he secretly marries, and has by her a daughter called Phanium: while engaged in this intrigue, Chremes passes at Lemnos by the name of Stilpho. By his wife, Nausistrata, at Athens, Chremes has a son, named Phædria, and his brother has a son, named Antipho." Got all that? And so now, "Phanium having now arrived at her fifteenth year, the two brothers privately agree that she shall be brought to Athens and married to Antipho." - Summary by Translator and ToddHW

    Cast list:
    Demipho, Aged Athenian, brother: Algy Pug
    Chremes, Aged Athenian, brother: Alan Mapstone
    Antipho, son of Demipho: VocalPenguin
    Phædria, son of Chremes: Adrian Stephens
    Phormio, a Parasite: ToddHW
    Geta, servant of Demipho: Sonia
    Davus, a servant: Matthew Reece
    Hegio, Advocate: Son of the Exiles
    Cratinus, Advocate: Dave Lantz
    Crito, Advocate: David Purdy
    Dorio, a Procurer: Nemo
    Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes: Eva Davis
    Sophrona, the nurse of Phanium: Availle
    Stage Directions: ambsweet13
    Editing: ToddHW