
The Comedy of Errors
Introducion by Ros King. Edited by T. S. Dorsch
William Shakespeare(Author)
T. S. Dorsch(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. February 2004
Book
Hardback
146 pages
978-0-521-82794-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 PaltzMore details
Series
Edition
Updated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
13 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
379 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-82794-2 (9780521827942)
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Other editions
Additional editions

William Shakespeare | T. S. Dorsch
The Comedy of Errors
E-Book
06/2013
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€9.99
Available for download

William Shakespeare
Comedy of Errors
E-Book
02/2004
Cambridge University Press
€8.49
Available for download
Previous edition

William Shakespeare | T. S. Dorsch
The Comedy of Errors
Book
06/1988
Cambridge University Press
€43.40
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Persons
Author
Editor
University of Durham
Revised by
University of Southampton
Content
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.