![]() ![]() The text has been newly constituted on the basis of a complete reappraisal of the manuscript tradition in the light of scholarship since the Renaissance. The Latin text together with the Elizabethan translation. The various metres which he subtly and flexibly exploited for musical and dramatic effect are here explained in a way that challenges many received views but also offers the student practical assistance in grappling with the technical problems involved both on stage and in performance. Cloth over boards is heavily worn and chipped at top of spine, discolored and shelf worn overall with edge wear and bumped corners. Plautus' Menaechmi 1998, Bolchazy-Carducci in Latin 0865160074 9780865160071. Central to his treatment is the fact that Plautus was a dramatist who wrote to be heard rather than to be read. 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. Menaechmi is one of Plautus' liveliest and most entertaining comedies, the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. ![]()
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