The Comedy of Errors (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
Ros King provides a completely new Introduction to the existing text and commentary for this updated edition of The Comedy of Errors. She argues that the play cannot be regarded only as a farcical romp based on a classical model, but should be considered part of a critically misunderstood genre...
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Ros King provides a completely new Introduction to the existing text and commentary for this updated edition of The Comedy of Errors. She argues that the play cannot be regarded only as a farcical romp based on a classical model, but should be considered part of a critically misunderstood genre of tragi-comedy. Stressing the play's underlying seriousness, the Introduction pays special attention to its religious imagery. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-22153-6 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-29368-5
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780521535168 (0521535166)
Publish date: April 19th 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages no: 146
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry
This is very, very early Shakespeare and it shows. The plot is that two pairs of twins have been separated at birth, with one being the master and one being the servant from each pair. Each twin has the same name as the other, so we have two servants named Dromio and two masters named Antipholus. ...
Cute.I don't often use this word to describe something I've read, but I think it's acceptable to use The Comedy of Errors. It's not the strongest play of Shakespeare's that I've read, but that's understandable as it is apparently one of his earliest. And of course, occupying the middle ground in Bil...
I listened to another one of Shakespeare plays, recorded by Librivox. It was a short comedy about the errors and misunderstandings that arise out of the fact that two pairs of twins are in one town without anyone knowing. Synopsis (Wikipedia):Due to a law forbidding the presence of Syracusian mer...
A play with a hilariously absurd premise-- two sets of twins separated at birth, each twin with the same name as his brother. Lots of mistaken identities and confusion. This is probably funnier performed than read as a lot of the humour is slapstick.
A very humorous read, though one occasionally misses jokes due to the changes in language which have occurred over time. overall however all may find humor in this play and its various adaptations to the theater and film.
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 by A.R. Braunmuller, T.S. Dorsch, Ros King, William Shakespeare, now listed on BookLikes)