The Death of ComedyIn a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. With fitting wit, profound erudition lightly worn, and instructive examples from the mildly amusing to the uproarious, his book fully illustrates comedy's glorious life cycle from its first breath to its death in the Theater of the Absurd. |
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... husband ig- noring the bonds of marriage and going freelance ( at least for the dura- tion of the play ) . As we have seen , Dicaeopolis in the Acharnians and Trygaeus in Peace , though married with children , both break loose and seek ...
... husband , the Mother Superior insists upon keeping Antipholus under her super- vision . But Adriana takes her plea ... husband's madness — just as he himself appears with a perfect antiphonal shout ( “ justice , most gra- cious Duke ...
... husband sensibly proposes : HUSBAND : Since my wife is a man It is proper for me to be a woman . Having triumphed in the war between the sexes , Thérèse / Tiresias em- phatically states that women will no longer have babies at the whim ...
Contents
Getting to the Root of It I | 1 |
The Song of the Kōmos ΙΟ | 10 |
The Lyre and the Phallus | 27 |
Copyright | |
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