He engaged in social satire in Epidicius and Aulularia, but he made his name in the lowbrow New Comedy style with such plays as "Pseudolus" and "Casina," the basis for Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing
After starting off in acting, he served for a time as a soldier, encountering the plays of Menander in Greece. He was wandering about hand- milling corn for households when he wrote his first plays, "Addictus" and "Saturio." He engaged in social satire in Epidicius and Aulularia, but he made his name in the lowbrow New Comedy style with such plays as "Pseudolus" and "Casina," the basis for Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum. For 10 points, name this playwright of "Miles Gloriosus" and "Menaechmi."
After starting off in acting, he served for a time as a soldier, encountering the plays of Menander in Greece.
Titus Maccius {Plautus}