The Comedy of Errors

US: 9780199536146, 2009. Paperback. Good. A Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare's shortest play yet one of his most popul ar comedies. Here is a new modern-spelling edition, based on the 1623 Folio text with on-page commentary and notes that explain meaning, staging, lang uage and allusions. A detailed and informative introduction describes the p lay's first performance at Gray's Inn in December 1594, its multiple source s and its uneven critical and theatrical history. Appendices include the co mplete text of the play's main source, Plautus' Menaechmi, and extracts fro m Gesta Grayorum and the Geneva Bible. Illustrated with production photogra phs and related art, this edition vividly brings to life Shakespeare's Come dy of Errors. "Not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare . This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship."-Times Lite rary Supplement About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.