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Believed to be one of Shakespeare's earliest plays , The Comedy of Errors is regarded by many critics as an apprentice piece , derivative of the works of the Roman playwright Plautus and possessing a wildly improbable plot involving two ...
Believed to be one of Shakespeare's earliest plays , The Comedy of Errors is regarded by many critics as an apprentice piece , derivative of the works of the Roman playwright Plautus and possessing a wildly improbable plot involving two ...
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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries also turned to Plautus both for the unwritten theatre of the commedia dell ' arte and for much of Renaissance and Golden Age drama . Shakespeare was a dramaturgical alchemist .
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries also turned to Plautus both for the unwritten theatre of the commedia dell ' arte and for much of Renaissance and Golden Age drama . Shakespeare was a dramaturgical alchemist .
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[ I.ii.97-103 ] The climate of black magic is emphasized by Shakespeare not only in his transference of the locale from the Epidemnum of Plautus to Ephesus , but also in the addition of a second pair of twins where Plautus had but one ...
[ I.ii.97-103 ] The climate of black magic is emphasized by Shakespeare not only in his transference of the locale from the Epidemnum of Plautus to Ephesus , but also in the addition of a second pair of twins where Plautus had but one ...
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Alls Well That Ends Well | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 135 |
Twelfth Night | 196 |
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| Title | Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 26 Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Laurie Lanzen Harris |
| Publisher | Gale Research Company, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0810389460, 9780810389465 |
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