The Comedy of Errors

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Comedy of Errors
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Shakespeare
Contributions by Paul Edmondson
Introduction by Randall Martin
Revised by Randall Martin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreShakespeare plays
ISBN/Barcode 9780141396286
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 30 July 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery Two sets of identical twins, separated at sea as children, find themselves in the same city for the first time as adults. Soon, their friends mistake the twins for one another and bewilderment abounds, as the wife of one man declares the other to be her husband, pronouncing him mad when he denies the claim. Exuberant, complex and brilliantly farcical, this is a hilarious comedy of confusion and ultimate reunion.

Author Biography

William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Randall Martin is Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick.

Reviews

Praise for William Shakespeare: Complete Works "Remarkable . . . makes Shakespeare's extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever."-James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599 "A feast of literary and historical information."-The Wall Street Journal