Truculentus

About the show

Courtesan Phronesium and her maid Astaphium manipulate several men into giving them money. Phronesium pretends to have borne a soldier’s child to extract gifts, while the bad-tempered slave Truculentus, who initially tries to protect his master from her, falls for Astaphium. A hidden baby and a mistaken bargain drive the closing deception.