The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare's earliest and shortest plays. This comedy utilizes slapstick humor, word play, and mistaken identities to create a series of farcical accidents. Over time, the play's title has become an idiom used to describe an event or series of events made ridiculous by the number of errors that were made throughout.
In Ephesus, the law forbids entry to any merchants from Syracuse, and if they are discovered within the city, they must pay a thousand marks or be ... Lire la suite
Fils d'un gantier devenu bailli de Stratford, Shakespeare put étudier, mais des revers de fortune familiaux et un jeune mariage semblent l'avoir conduit à arrêter. On le suppose établi à Londres dès 1588, mais sa réputation dramaturgique naît en 1592. Son premier mécène est le comte de Southampton à qui il dédie des poèmes, genre dans lequel il excelle au vu de ses 'Sonnets' (1609). Il joue ses pièces à la cour d'Elizabeth 1ère, puis de Jacques 1er, ensuite il devient successivement actionnaire du théâtre du Globe et du Blackfriars (1608). En 1612, il rentre à Stratford. Auteur d'une oeuvre unique et intemporelle, il s'attacha à décrire les jeux du pouvoir et les passions humaines, mêlant joie et douleur, emprisonnant la vie dans ses vers. Les premières oeuvres furent marquées par leur caractère historique ('Richard III'). A partir de 1594, il développa ses comédies ('Beaucoup de bruit pour rien') et délivre sa première tragédie majeure, 'Roméo et Juliette', qu'il fera suivre d''Hamlet', d''Othello' et du 'Roi Lear'. Sa dernière pièce, 'La tempête', est une oeuvre remarquable, baignée d'ésotérisme.
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Date Parution
19/06/2023
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9791041804573
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88
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Culturea
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127 g
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Grand format
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21,0 cm x 14,8 cm x 0,5 cm
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The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare's earliest and shortest plays. This comedy utilizes slapstick humor, word play, and mistaken identities to create a series of farcical accidents. Over time, the play's title has become an idiom used to describe an event or series of events made ridiculous by the number of errors that were made throughout.
In Ephesus, the law forbids entry to any merchants from Syracuse, and if they are discovered within the city, they must pay a thousand marks or be put to death. Aegeon, an old Syracusian merchant, is arrested and Solinus, the Duke of Ephesus, listens to his story of coming to the city. Long ago, Aegeon was on a sea voyage. Traveling with him was his wife, his twin sons, and their twin slaves. The family becomes separated during a tempest; Aegeon, one son, and one slave were rescued together, and the others were never to be seen again. Years later his son Antipholus and his slave Dromio left to search for their long lost siblings; after the boys didn't return, Aegeon set out to bring his son back home. Moved by this story, the duke allows Aegeon one day to get the money to pay his fine and to find his family.
This Standard Ebooks edition is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wright's 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.
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