The Comedy Of Errors Third Series

by Shakespeare, William; Cartwright, Kent; Thompson, Ann; Kastan, David Scott; Woudhuysen, H. R.; Proudfoot, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781904271239
• ISBN10: 1904271235
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-12-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare

Summary

Shakespeare's dextrous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. The Comedy of Errors examines the interplay between personal and commercial relationships, and the breakdown of social order that follows the disruption of identity. As well as detailed on-page commentary notes, this new edition has a long, illustrated introduction exploring the play's performance and crtitical history, as well as its place in the comic tradition from Clasical to modern times.

Author Biography

Kent Cartwright is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at the University of Maryland, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
General editors’ preface
Preface
Introduction
Laughter, Empathy and Memorability
Error and Identity
The Cultural World
Poetic Geography, Travel, Dark Ephesus
Genre
Style: Verse and Prose
Sources and Influences
Staging
Early Performances
Afterlife: Image, Stage and Screen
Editorial Procedures
The Comedy of Errors
Longer Notes
Notes on Verse and Prose
Appendix A: Casting and Doubling
Appendix B: Date of Composition
Appendix C: The Text
Abbreviations and References