An edition of Four Comedies (As You Like It / Midsummer Night's Dream / Taming of the Shrew / Twelfth Night) (1996)

Four Comedies

The Taming of the Shrew / A Midsummer Night's Dream / As You Like It / Twelfth Night

Reprinted with revised bibliographies (14)

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An edition of Four Comedies (As You Like It / Midsummer Night's Dream / Taming of the Shrew / Twelfth Night) (1996)

Four Comedies

The Taming of the Shrew / A Midsummer Night's Dream / As You Like It / Twelfth Night

Reprinted with revised bibliographies (14)

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Shakespearean comedy has as much to do with the structure and movement of the drama as with the wit of its dialogue or the humour of its characters. In these four comedies there is a near-tragic crisis at which disaster or happiness may ensue, but the overriding force of goodwill and the power of understanding, love and generosity brings us through to a joyful conclusion.

In comedy, 'sweet are the uses of adversity', so that the most bitter circumstances - exile, oppression, unrequited love - can give rise to higher feelings of friendship, respect, sympathy and acceptance.

In this collection of Shakespeare's four most spirited comedies, each text comes complete with notes and an introduction, making this edition of particular value to students, scholars and theatre-goers.
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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
678

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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew / A Midsummer Night's Dream / As You Like It / Twelfth Night
1996, Penguin Books
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
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Published in
London, England
Series
Penguin Classics
Other Titles
The Taming of the Shrew / A Midsummer Night's Dream / As You Like It / Twelfth Night
Copyright Date
1996

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822.3/3
Library of Congress
PR2761 .H53 1994, PR2671.H53 1994

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
678 p. :
Number of pages
678

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL867846M
Internet Archive
fourcomedies00shak_0
ISBN 10
0140434542
ISBN 13
9780140434545
LCCN
95152410
OCLC/WorldCat
629699611, 471684956
Library Thing
3317913
Goodreads
437356

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Contains:

  • As You Like It
  • Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Taming of the Shrew
  • Twelfth Night

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