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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of The Comedy of Errors, Ros King has revised T. S. Dorsch's renowned text and commentary and written a completely new introduction to the work. She argues that the play cannot be regarded merely as a farcical romp based on a classical model but that it belongs to the critically misunderstood genre of tragi-comedy. Emphasising the seriousness that underlies the text, she pays special attention to the play's religious imagery and at the same time engages fully with its lightness of touch and its continuing popularity in the theatre. The volume also features accounts of recent and historical performances, and an updated reading list.

ISBN-13

9780521827942

ISBN-10

0521827949

Weight

0.79 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 0.50 x 9.25 In

List Price

$80.99

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

146 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

2004-02-26



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