Shakespearean comedy
Thomas Marc Parrott (Author)
Thomas Marc Parrott offers readers introductions to Shakespeare's works, groupings according to genre and a play-by-play recital of the Shakespeare canon, and a notation of success or failure of the plays as determined by sixteenth century and modern audiences with the expectation that readers can clearly understand the method of Shakespeare's comedies
Wit and Humor
417 pages ; 23 cm
9780846202530, 0846202530
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1. The Medieval background. Miracles ; Morals ; The interlude
2. The impact of the Renaissance. Classical form ; Romantic spirit
3. The new comedy
4. The young Shakespeare
5. Apprentice work. The Comedy of errors ; The two gentlemen of Verona ; Love's labour's lost ; A midsummer night's dream
6. The master craftsman ; The merchant of Venice ; The taming of the shrew ; Much ado about nothing ; As you like it ; Twelfth night
7. The early Tragedies. Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet
8. The early histories. King Henry VI part I ; King Henry VI parts II and III ; Richard III ; King John ; Richard II
9. The Falstaff plays. Henry IV parts I and II, and Henry V ; The merry wives of Windsor ; Minor figures in the Falstaff plays
10. The tragic period. Julius Caesar ; Hamlet ; Othello ; King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Macbeth ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Coriolanus
11. The problem comedies. Troilus and Cressida ; All's well that ends well ; Measure for measure
12. The sunset. Pericles ; Cymbeline ; The winter's tale ; The tempest
13. Conclusion