Volpone
Commentaries on Plays by Shakespeare’s Contemporaries Jonson, Ben. Volpone. (New Mermaids/Methuen Drama, 2019.) Of Interest: RSC Resources | ISE Resources | S-O Sources | 1623 Folio 619-48 (Folger) Ben […]
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On Comedy and Tragedy
Comedy In comedy, the world around us has a lot to say about how things turn out for us, yet
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Introduction to Comedy
Commentaries on Shakespeare’s Genres: Comedy Nullum est iam dictum, quod non dictum fit prius.Nothing is said now, which hasn’t been
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As You Like It
Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 673-731.) 1. In Act 1, Scene 1, the first words
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Twelfth Night
Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, or What You Will. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 743-97.) 1. Romantic-era critic William Hazlitt’s 1817 essay
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Troilus and Cressida
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida. Folio. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 812-89.) Including the Prologue 1. In the
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Shakespeare, William. The Two Gentlemen of Verona. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 148-96.) 1. In Act 1, Scene 1, what portrait
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The Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 209-68.) 1. In Induction 1-2, in what sense is
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Folio. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 602-59.) 1. In Act 1, Scene 1, what
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The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare, William. The Comical History of The Merchant of Venice. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 467-521.) 1. In the first passage
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The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 278-321.) 1. The Norton Shakespeare editors suggest that this farcical
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Much Ado about Nothing
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Quarto. (The Norton Shakespeare: Comedies, 3rd ed. 406-53.) 1. In Act 1, Scene 1, Leonato says,