english drama (comedy)

Offers advice on how to write and format a good essay, and identifies themes and strategies for writing about ten Shakespeare tragedies, each with sample topics.

Draws on documentary and visual evidence from the seventeenth century to examine the importance of costume, customs, manners, and behavior in the performance of Restoration comedy.

Complete text of the play, about mixed-up identities and misplaced affections, with study aids, textual notes, and a modern perspective.

Presents the text of the play in which Duke Vincentio deputizes Angelo to enforce the city's long-ignored laws and takes on a disguise to observe the proceedings. Includes notes on vocabulary.

Compares and contrasts the work of sixteenth-century poet and playwright William Shakespeare and twentieth-century comedy troupe Monty Python, discussing their status as national poets of England, their uses of history, aspects of theatricality, and other topics.