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The Comedy of Errors (The Pelican Shakespeare)
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“If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn a week longer than the whole world.�
� William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act III.2
Look. It isn't brilliant Shakespeare, but it is worth the price of admission for just the banter, puns, etc. There really isn't a major character that jumps out. Perhaps, that is due to the constraints of the premise, but anyway. It was 80 pages of drama and I rather enjoyed it. I'm just not sure how much of it will stick (Like Hamlet, Othello, etc) years from now. If you are looking for top level dialogue, but not worried about plot or uncovering the meaning of life or the essential elements of humanity, this book might just be the thing.
Some of my favorite quotes:
� “He that commends me to mine own content
Commends me to the thing I cannot get.
I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop, 200
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself:
So I, to find a mother and a brother,
In quest of them, unhappy, lose myself.� (Act I.2)
� “I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop,
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself.� (Act I.2)
� "A wretched soul bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain." (Act II.1.)
� "Every why hath a wherefore. (Act II.2)
� “Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me,
I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me� (Act III.1)
� “If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn a week longer than the whole world.� (Act III.2)
� “Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word.� (Act III.2)
� "One of these men is Genius to the other;
And so of these. Which is the natural man,
And which the spirit? who deciphers them? " (Act V.1)
� William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act III.2
Look. It isn't brilliant Shakespeare, but it is worth the price of admission for just the banter, puns, etc. There really isn't a major character that jumps out. Perhaps, that is due to the constraints of the premise, but anyway. It was 80 pages of drama and I rather enjoyed it. I'm just not sure how much of it will stick (Like Hamlet, Othello, etc) years from now. If you are looking for top level dialogue, but not worried about plot or uncovering the meaning of life or the essential elements of humanity, this book might just be the thing.
Some of my favorite quotes:
� “He that commends me to mine own content
Commends me to the thing I cannot get.
I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop, 200
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself:
So I, to find a mother and a brother,
In quest of them, unhappy, lose myself.� (Act I.2)
� “I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop,
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself.� (Act I.2)
� "A wretched soul bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain." (Act II.1.)
� "Every why hath a wherefore. (Act II.2)
� “Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me,
I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me� (Act III.1)
� “If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn a week longer than the whole world.� (Act III.2)
� “Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word.� (Act III.2)
� "One of these men is Genius to the other;
And so of these. Which is the natural man,
And which the spirit? who deciphers them? " (Act V.1)
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Mar 17, 2017 02:59AM
I've always been amused to see how theater groups performing the play will make the decision to use only one actor for the master and one of the servant to play both parts or use two actors for each. Can be a very entertaining play to watch if you have a creative troupe and director.
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Glenn wrote: "I've always been amused to see how theater groups performing the play will make the decision to use only one actor for the master and one of the servant to play both parts or use two actors for eac..."I love how twins and doppelgängers are used in literature from Shakespeare down to Nabokov and PKD. There is something very human about finding our lost selves, our second half, our twin. I'd love to see it played both ways.
