Humorous plays

Complete works

by Bate, Jonathan, Rasmussen, Eric, Sénéchal, Héloïse, Shakespeare, William, Royal Shakespeare Company

fromRSC Shakespeare

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An authoritative, modernized edition of the complete works of the great Elizabethan dramatist offers the complete texts of every comedy, tragedy, and history play, along with key facts about each work, a plot summary, major roles, sources, textual history, glossaries, and other …

Complete works

by Bate, Jonathan, Rasmussen, Eric, Sénéchal, Héloïse, Shakespeare, William, Shakespeare, William, Royal Shakespeare Company

0 Type: Book

An authoritative, modernized edition of the complete works of the great Elizabethan dramatist offers the complete texts of every comedy, tragedy, and history play, along with key facts about each work, a plot summary, major roles, sources, textual history, glossaries, and other …

Complete works

by Shakespeare, William, Royal Shakespeare Company

fromThe RSC Shakespeare

0 Type: Book

An authoritative, modernized edition of the complete works of the great Elizabethan dramatist offers the complete texts of every comedy, tragedy, and history play, along with key facts about each work, a plot summary, major roles, sources, textual history, glossaries, and other …

An ideal husband

by Wilde, Oscar

fromNew ed

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An Ideal Husband is a wonderfully witty story of romance, insider trading, and scandal! Sir Robert is a highly respected politician whose spotless reputation is the pride of his beautiful wife and adoring sister. But when an old acquaintance threatens to reveal a dark secret fro…

Tennessee Williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh

by Lahr, John

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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation's sense of itself. This astute, deeply researched biography sheds a light on Tenness…

Tennessee Williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh

by Lahr, John

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Here, celebrated drama critic John Lahr gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation's sense of itself. This astute, deeply researched biography sheds light on Williams's warrin…

The Myth of Deliverance: Reflections on Shakespeare's Problem Comedies

by Project Muse, Frye, Northrop, Hamilton, A. C., (Albert Charles)

fromBook collections on Project MUSE

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In these essays Northrop Frye addresses a question which preoccupied him throughout his long and distinguished career - the conception of comedy, particularly Shakespearean comedy, and its relation to human experience.In most forms of comedy, and certainly in the New Comedy with…

The myth of deliverance: reflections on Shakespeare's problem comedies

by Frye, Northrop, Hamilton, A. C.

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Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': Measure for Measure,All's Well That Ends Well,and Troilus and Cressida,showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period.

The myth of deliverance: reflections on Shakespeare's problem comedies

by Frye, Northrop

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In these essays Northrop Frye addresses a question which preoccupied him throughout his long and distinguished career - the conception of comedy, particularly Shakespearean comedy, and its relation to human experience. In most forms of comedy, and certainly in the New Comedy wit…

The myth of deliverance: reflections on Shakespeare's problem comedies

by Frye, Northrop, Hamilton, A. C., (Albert Charles)

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In these essays Northrop Frye addresses a question which preoccupied him throughout his long and distinguished career - the conception of comedy, particularly Shakespearean comedy, and its relation to human experience.In most forms of comedy, and certainly in the New Comedy with…

Twelve short plays offering humorous twists on well-known folktales are accompanied by a brief history of the original tale, discussion starters, and writing prompts.

12 fabulously funny folktale plays

by Martin, Justin McCory

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Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers won't be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales-- Spiderella, Goldilocks and…

12 fabulously funny folktale plays

by Martin, Justin McCory

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Twelve short plays offering humorous twists on well-known folktales are accompanied by a brief history of the original tale, discussion starters, and writing prompts.

The comedies of William Shakespeare

by Kuiper, Kathleen

fromShakespeare his work and world

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Examines the comedies of Shakespeare, including "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," "As You Like It," and "Measure For Measure."