eight great comedies Author:sylvan barnet, morton berman, and william burto Here for the first time in one volume are the complete texts of eight plays, masterful examples of the comic view of life in drama. This outstanding treasury of great reading includes the bawdy humor of Machiavelli's "Mandragola"; the poignant, searching wit of Chekov's "Uncle Vanya"; the ironic social comment of Saw's "Arms and the Man"...and a... more » new translation of Moliere's satire, "The Miser," which the editors have prepared especially for this book. Accompanied by provocative essays which define and explore the spirit, the structure, and the meaning of comedy.
Includes Aristophanes' "The Clouds", Machiavelli's "Mandragola", Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Moliere's "The Miser", John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera", Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man"« less