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What character did Mostel play in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?

  • Philoctetes

  • Enoch Snow

  • Pseudolus

  • Billy Bigelow

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Mostel played the character of Pseudolus, a slave who schemes to sell a slave girl named Philia to a wealthy man in order to free his own beloved slave, Hero. He does so with the help of the slave girl's friend, Hysterium, and a group of thieves. The play is a farce that pokes fun at Roman society and its customs.
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