Full Description
The Signet Classics edition of one of Shakespeare's early works, filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce.
When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus, the stage is set for mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identity in hilarious comedy.
This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes:
• An overview of William Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Harry Levin
• A note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived The Comedy of Errors—Plautus's Menaechmi
• Dramatic criticism from August Wilhelm Schlegel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and others
• A stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of The Comedy of Errors
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format
• Recommended readings
Contents
The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare August Wilhelm Schlegel: From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: From Shakespearean Criticism
William Hazlitt: From Characters of Shakespeare?s Plays
Etienne Souriau: From The Two Hundred Thousand Dramatic Situations
Bertrand Evans: From Shakespeare?s Comedies
C. L. Barber: From Shakespearian Comedy in ?The Comedy of Errors?
Louise George Clubb: From Italian Comedy and ?The Comedy of Errors?
Harry Levin: ?The Comedy of Errors? on Stage and ScreenNEWLY ADDED ESSAY: Coppelia Kahn: Identity in ?The Comedy of Errors?
