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Plautus: Menaechmi - Plautus, and Gratwick, A. S. (Editor)
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Menaechmi is one of Plautus' liveliest and most entertaining comedies, the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Dr Gratwick's edition brings new light to bear on the interpretation of the play and on Plautus' place in the development of European comedy. Central to his treatment is the fact that Plautus was a dramatist who wrote to be heard rather than to be read. The various metres which he subtly and flexibly exploited for musical and dramatic effect are here explained in a way that challenges many ...

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Plautus: Menaechmi 1993, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521349703

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Plautus' Menaechmi 1978, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780865160071

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