Romantic Comedy

by Trevor R. Griffiths

Book Overview

'The course of true love never did run smooth' - so says Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and for more than 2000 years the problems faced by young men and women fighting to find and keep an appropriate sexual partner have been a theatrical staple. This book explores the shapes that Romantic Comedy has assumed from Greek New Comedy via Shakespeare to the present. Changing social values have helped to redefine the genre's traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350183415
• ISBN13: 9781350183414
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"