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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good choice for the serious Shakespeare student as well as the amateur actor.By Alban RicheyThis edition benefits from the editors extensive knowledge of the Shakespeare canon; especially in the 50 pages of the technical introduction; in the footnotes to the text; and in the appendices that deal with performance history. Highly recommended.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Oxford Worlds Classics is the best choice for ShakespeareBy R. RockwellAs someone who is reading Shakespeare for the second time at the age of 40 and who considers himself a careful reader; I am always surprised to find the Oxford editors bring new ways of looking at the plays. In this introduction; Whitworth does a commendable job of explaining the importance of The Comedy of Errors which is usually dismissed as light weight farce; by explaining the history of critiism of the play and it social relevance. Presented as a Christmas entertainment for the queen; The Comedy cleverly combines plots from two Plautus plays as well as introducing plot elements of his own. I-- a mere mortal-- have no ability to criticize Shakespeares truly immortal genious. As the best writer ever; all I can do is enjoy the work. The scholarly intro allows you to heighten the pleasure seeing thing that might not be seen at surface level. An additional benefit of the Oxford Shakespeare is that it is annotated with just enough notes-- on the same page as the text. If you read Shakespeare for enjoyment or for a class; Oxford is the best.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Just what we needed!By sgcThis book is golden! The cut of the play gives the feel of the entire work and all of the suggestions on staging and props are right on for a middle-high school production of the play. I cant wait to do another play from the series next year.
