http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/roman-comedy Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:44:46 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:44:46 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/228/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-as-the-inverted-plautine-comedy By Cassandra A. Clarke - Even though this plot-line is common to Plautus work, he did not find fame as its originator, but as the inventive stage-adaptor who was able to “transform [it, or] New Greek Comedy” into “accessible forms of entertainment, for, and to please his audience” (Beacham, 32). In today’s time, the best example of a modern adaptation of Plautine comedy is the outlandish live performance of  The Rocky Horror Picture Show, since it not only parodies the same comical structure, but through its ad-libbing and shadowing of actors on-screen, also maintains the same Plautine... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/228/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-as-the-inverted-plautine-comedy