Eight great comedies / edited by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto. - New York : Meridian, [1996] - 469 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: [New York] : New American Library, [1958].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-[471].

The comedies: Aristophanes; The clouds, translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers -- Niccoláo Machiavelli; Mandragola, translated by J.R. Hale -- William Shakespeare; Twelfth night -- Moliáere; The miser, translated by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, and William Burto -- John Gay; The Beggars Opera -- Oscar Wilde; The importance of being earnest -- Anton Chekov; Uncle Vanya, translated by Marian Fell -- George Bernard Shaw; Arms and the man.

"The complete text of the world's great comedies from ancient times to the twentieth century"--Cover.

0452011701 (pbk.)

96008049

PN 6112 / E34 1996

808.82