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Shakespearean comedy. In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies; [1] and modern scholars recognise a fourth category, romance, to describe the specific types of comedy that appear in Shakespeare's later works. [2]
- The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare 's early...
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- The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare comedies (or rather the plays of Shakespeare that are usually categorised as comedies) are generally identifiable as plays full of fun, irony and dazzling wordplay. They also abound in disguises and mistaken identities, with very convoluted plots that are difficult to follow with very contrived endings.
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Shakespearean history. Opening page of the First Folio King John. In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. The histories—along with those of contemporary Renaissance playwrights—help define the genre of history plays. [1]
First published in 2001, this is an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies and romances. Rather than taking each play in isolation, the chapters trace recurring issues, suggesting both the continuity and the variety of Shakespeare's practice and the creative use he made of the conventions he inherited.
Shenanigans ensue. The Comedy of Errors Summary. After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity.
