Classical Comedy
Aristophane's Birds/Menander's Girl from Samos/Plautus's Brothers Menaechmus/Terence's Eunuch
Editor - Erich Segal
Introduction by - Erich Segal
Notes by - Erich Segal
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 28 Sep 2006
£9.99
Synopsis
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.
Customer Review: 21 October 2008Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780140449822
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 352
Published : 28 Sep 2006
Publisher : Penguin Classics
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Classical Comedy
Aristophane's Birds/Menander's Girl from Samos/Plautus's Brothers Menaechmus/Terence's Eunuch
Editor - Erich Segal
Introduction by - Erich Segal
Notes by - Erich Segal
£9.99
