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A new modern-spelling edition of Shakespeare's shortest play and one of his most popular comedies. The introduction discusses the probably occasion of its first performance at Gray's Inn in December 1594, its multiple sources and its uneven critical and theatrical history. Appendices include the complete text of the play's main source, Plautus' Menaechmi, and extracts from Gesta Grayorum and the Geneva Bible.
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The Comedy of Errors: The Oxford Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- The Comedy of Errors: The Oxford Shakespeare
- Subtitle
- Critical Essays
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Shakespeare
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0199536147
- ISBN13
- 9780199536146
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Classics, Theater, British Literature, Theatre Plays, Comedies, Greece, 16th century, Brothers, Renaissance, Twins, Native Language
- Description
- A new modern-spelling edition of Shakespeare's shortest play and one of his most popular comedies. The introduction discusses the probably occasion of its first performance at Gray's Inn in December 1594, its multiple sources and its uneven critical and theatrical history. Appendices include the complete text of the play's main source, Plautus' Menaechmi, and extracts from Gesta Grayorum and the Geneva Bible.