No baby-swaps in the comedies I'm assigning, but it is very palliata-esque! I'm trying to get a range, which is why I only picked one Gilbert & Sullivan, though their /style/ seems very apropos.

Hm. I wonder if there are any really on-point romcoms. I'm tempted by "My Best Friend's Wedding" as an example of playing with the tropes of the genre, the way Plautus likes to do, but I think that's only a useful example for people who are already really familiar with romcom tropes anyway.