a by T.S.DORSCH, edited by T.S. Dorsch, revised and with a new introduction by Ros King, Shakespeare, William, William Shakespeare ISBN 9780521827942, 9780521535168, 0521827949, 0521535166 instant download

a by T.S.DORSCH, edited by T.S. Dorsch, revised and with a new introduction by Ros King, Shakespeare, William, William Shakespeare ISBN 9780521827942, 9780521535168, 0521827949, 0521535166 instant download

The Comedy Of Errors Has Been Popular On The Stage During The Last Three Centuries And Has Proved Itself Admirably Suited To Adaptation As Pure Farce And Musical Spectacle. For This Updated Edition, Ros King Has Provided A Completely New Introduction To The Existing Text And Commentary, In Which She Argues That The Play Cannot Be Regarded Merely As A Farcical Romp Based On A Classical Model, But Belongs To The Critically Misunderstood Genre Of Tragi-comedy. In Stressing The Seriousness Which Underlies The Story, The Introduction Picks Out The Play's Religious Imagery For Special Attention, Whilst Also Engaging Fully With The Play's Deft Lightness Of Touch And Its Continuing Popularity In The Theatre. A Fresh Reading List Guides The Reader Towards Further Study.--jacket. 1594/1604--a Play For Christmas? -- 1623: The Text -- Sources And Analogues -- Plautus, Menaechmi -- William Warner -- Plautus, Amphitruo -- Apollonius Of Tyre: Gower Or Twine? -- Acts And Ephesians -- Farce, City Comedy And Romance -- Four Centuries Of 'errors' On The Page And On The Stage -- Editorial Procedures -- The Comedy Of Errors -- Proverbial Language In 'the Comedy Of Errors' -- Extracts From 'gesta Grayorum' (1688) -- Plautus, 'menaechmi' (william Warner's 1595 Translation) -- Extracts From Acts And Ephesians (the Geneva Bible (1560)). Edited By T.s. Dorsch. Previous Ed.: 1988. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 129-131). \"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation.\" (Patrick Stewart)The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more…