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Classical comedy

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From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome.

This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' bold, imaginative Birds, and Menander's The Girl from Samos, which explores popular contemporary themes of mistaken identity and sexual misbehaviour; and two later Roman comic plays: Plautus' The Brothers Menaechmus - the original comedy of errors - and Terence's bawdy yet sophisticated double love-plot, The Eunuch.

Together, these four plays demonstrate the development of Classical comedy, celebrating its richness, variety and extraordinary legacy to modern drama.

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Penguin
0141959487 / 9780141959481
eBook (EPUB)
28/09/2006
England
English
340 pages
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Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed. Contents: Contents: Birds / Aristophane - Girl from Samos / Menander - Brothers Menaechmus / Plautus - Eunuch / Terence.