Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
335
Language
English
Published
Sep 28, 2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
ISBN-10
0141959487
ISBN-13
9780141959481
Description
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.
Genres
History
Humor
Manga
Graphic Novels
Classics
Contemporary