The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare, T. S. Dorsch (University of Durham), Ros King (University of Southampton) , Professor Ros King

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Cambridge University Press
26 February 2004

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Shakespeare plays; Shakespeare studies & criticism

Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare

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.

By: William Shakespeare
Introduction by: Professor Ros King
Edited by: T. S. Dorsch (University of Durham)
Revised by: Ros King (University of Southampton)
Series edited by: Professor Brian Gibbons
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780521535168
ISBN 10: 0521535166
Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 26 February 2004
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface to first edition; Abbreviations; Introduction by Ros King: Shakespeare's main source: Plautus's Menaechmi; Shakespeare's first tragicomedy; Shakespeare's schooling and the construction of The Comedy of Errors; Casting the twins; Verse form and metrication; The first known performance: Gray's Inn 1594; Later productions; Note on the text; List of characters; THE PLAY; Appendixes: 1. The performance of 1594; 2. Passages from the Bible; Reading list.

Reviews for The Comedy of Errors

"""King's lively introduction and helpful new bibliography constitute a very welcome updating of the Dorsch edition and shed some new light on one of Shakespeare's early comic masterpieces."" - The Sixteenth Century Journal Thomas G. Olsen, State University of New York at New Paltz"