Hysterium, desperate to keep him out of the house where his master is bathing, tells the old man that his house has become haunted — a story seemingly confirmed by the sound of Senex singing in his bath.

The 1963 production and its 1986 revival were staged at the Strand Theatre and the Piccadilly Theatre respectively, and featured Frankie Howerd starring as Pseudolus, Kenneth Connor as Hysterium, ' Monsewer ' Eddie Gray as Senex, Jon Pertwee as Marcus Lycus and Leon Greene as Miles Gloriosus.

The musical was also revived with great success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus ( replaced later in the run by Whoopi Goldberg and also by David Alan Grier ), Mark Linn-Baker as Hysterium, Ernie Sabella as Lycus, Jim Stanek as Hero, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Cris Groenendaal as Miles Gloriosus.

The cast featured Richard Kind as Pseudolus, Joel Blum as Senex, Stephen DeRosa as Marcus Lycus, Sean McCall as Hysterium, and Steve Wilson as Miles Gloriosus.

In the center is the house of Senex, who lives there with wife Domina, son Hero, and several slaves, including head slave Hysterium and the musical's main character Pseudolus.

Taking the bait, Senex instructs Hysterium to draw him a bath in the long-abandoned house of Erronius.

With the ruse thus revealed, the main characters run for their lives, resulting in a madcap chase across the stage with both Miles and Senex pursuing all three " Philia " s ( Domina, Hysterium, and the actual Philia — all wearing identical white robes and veils ).

* Hysterium: ( Latin for " Hysterical ", or " Anxious ", the suffix "- um " makes the name neuter, and the character's gender is often mistaken throughout the piece ) The chief slave in the house of Senex.

* " Everybody Ought to Have a Maid " — Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium and Lycus

She also appeared as Philia in the national tour of " Forum ," starring Jerry Lester ( Pseudolus ), with Paul Hartman ( Senex ), Erik Rhodes ( Marcus Lycus ), Arnold Stang ( Hysterium ) and Edward Everett Horton ( Erronius ), produced by Martin Tahse.

In 2004 there was a limited-run revival at the Royal National Theatre starring Desmond Barrit as Pseudolus, Philip Quast as Miles Gloriosus, Hamish McColl as Hysterium and Isla Blair as Domina ( who had previously played Philia in the 1963 production ).

Pseudolus convinces Hysterium to help him by dressing in drag and pretending to be Philia, " dead " from the plague.

Larry Blyden, who played Hysterium, the role created by Jack Gilford, also co-produced.

Stephen Ouimette played Hysterium.

He starred in shows such as Mister Roberts, where he replaced David Wayne in the role of Ensign Frank Pulver, which Jack Lemmon later acted out in the film version, Harold, Foxy, The Apple Tree ( as the devil ), You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, and a revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( with Phil Silvers ), which he helped produce and for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the role of the slave Hysterium.

Connor starred in the revue One Over the Eight ( 1962 ), at the Duke of York's Theatre, the original London West End production with Frankie Howerd of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum ( 1963 ), as Hysterium – and directed the show when it went on tour – The Four Musketeers ( 1967 ), with Harry Secombe at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, playing King Louis XIII, and the revue Carry On London ( 1973 ) at the Victoria Palace.

He made his comeback as Hysterium in the 1962 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

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When Anne arrives she treats Cécile as a child, adding further confusion to Cécile's life.

In the confusion, McComb from the future arrives, takes Melissa hostage, and plants a bomb in the home.

Jonathan arrives and explains that he has a history with the monster and every time he faces it, he is overcome by confusion.

Jed pulls Nell away, but she slips away in the confusion when the hotel detective arrives.

The book tells the story of Paul Bäumer, a soldier who — urged on by his school teacher — joins the German army shortly after the start of World War I. Bäumer arrives at the Western Front with his friends and schoolmates ( Tjaden, Müller, Kropp and a number of other characters ).

Krogstad arrives and tells Nora that he is worried he will be fired.

Thor arrives, and tells Loki to be silent, referring to him as an " evil creature ," stating that with his hammer Mjöllnir he will silence Loki by hammering his head from his shoulders.

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Another Jamaican named Nesta ( Evans ) arrives and Hatcher is able to sit him down but Nesta tells him to go after Screwface alone and jumps out the window to his death.

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The promo film to Call Me Lightning ( 1968 ) tells a story of how drummer Keith Moon came to join the group: One fine day, the other three band members are having tea inside what looks like an abandoned hangar when suddenly a " bleeding box " arrives, out of which jumps a fast-running, timelapse, utterly out-of-control Moon that Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle subsequently try to get a hold of in a sped-up slapstick chasing sequence to wind him down.

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They begin to leave when Lanyon arrives and tells them that Jekyll is the man they're searching for ( because the man they are looking for is hiding inside him ).

Roger has been asked to present the Antiques Roadshow by the BBC, but arrives late as he claimed that there is some sort of " fucking jumble sale " outside but Tom tells him that its part of the programme.

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Renato arrives and tells her their relationship is none of her business.

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The Italian commander, General Alfredo Guzzoni, lands in Tirana and shortly afterwards the Italian foreign minister, Galeazzo Ciano, also arrives by air and tells an Albanian delegation that the Italian troops have come to ensure order, prosperity, and progress, without interfering with Albania's existence as a nation.

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When he arrives, Legrand tells the narrator they must go on an expedition along with the gold-bug tied to a string.