The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors - The New Cambridge Shakespeare

Updated Edition

Paperback (26 Feb 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780521535168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Updated Edition
DEWEY: 822.33
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 131
Weight: 256g
Height: 227mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 9mm