'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, & also a profound, archetypal play. In this new edition, the editor takes account of the number of important professional theatre productions & the large output of scholarly criticism on the plays which have appeared in recent years.
To me she speaks, she moves me for her theme; What, was I married to her in my dream? Or sleep I now, and think I hear all this? What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Len slovko ešte – a k jej nohám padám. Vo sne som sa s ňou zosobášil hádam? Či spím a práve teraz beží sen, čo do omylu uvádza ma len? Komédiu omylov (The Comedy of Errors) prvý raz hrali 24. decembra 1594 v rámci nočnej zábavy – aj tá noc vďaka tomu vošla do histórie ako „noc omylov“. O dostatok omylov v hre sa starajú najmä dva páry dvojčiat: dvaja páni Antifolovia a ich dvaja sluhovia Dromiovia. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) nebol len veľký dramatik – bude sa o ňom vždy hovoriť aj ako o najväčšom básnikovi divadla. Aj nový slovenský preklad je dielom básnika – hru preložil Ľubomír Feldek. Preklad sa opiera o najlepšie kritické vydanie THE ARDEN SHAKESPEARE.
Two sets of twins are separated at birth by a storm at sea: a pair of masters (both named Antipholus) and a pair of servants (both named Dromio). Years later, the Antipholus-and-Dromio pair raised in Syracuse happen to visit Ephesus, where the respective twins reside—providing the basis for ongoing incidents of mistaken identity, within a lively plot of quarrels, arrests, and a grand courtroom denouement. Based on a pair of comic dramas from ancient Rome, <i>The Comedy of Errors</i> presents a spectacle of pure farce in the spirit of utmost fun and—as the title suggests—hilarious confusion. One of Shakespeare's earliest dramatic efforts, the play abounds in his trademark conceits, puns, and other forms of fanciful wordplay. It also foreshadows his later and greatest comedies, offering students and scholars a valuable key to the playwright's development.