Eight great comedies
By: edited by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto.
Contributors: Barnet, Sylvan.; Berman, Morton.; Burto, William.; Aristophanes.; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Molière, 1622-1673.; Gay, John, 1685-1732.; Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.; Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Series: Mentor -- ME 2364; Mentor Greek comedy -- ME 2364
Publisher: Mentor
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
Subjects: Drama -- Collections.; Comedy.
Genres: Collections.
Other titles: Clouds.; Mandragola.; Twelfth night.; Miser.; Beggar's opera.; Importance of being earnest.; Uncle Vanya.; Arms and the man.; 8 great comedies.
Notes: "A Mentor book."

First published in 1958.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-[472]).
Table of contents: title: The comic view : an introduction; title: The clouds / Aristophanes ; translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers; title: Mandragola / Niccolò Machiavelli ; translated by J.R. Hale; title: Twelfth night / William Shakespeare; title: The miser / Molìere ; translated by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, and William Burto; title: The beggar's opera / John Gay; title: The importance of being earnest / Oscar Wilde; title: Uncle Vanya / Anton Chekhov ; translated by Marian Fell; title: Arms and the man / George Bernard Shaw; title: On the comic spirit / G.K. Chesterton; title: Comedy / Bonamy Dobrée; title: The comic rhythm / Susanne K. Langer; title: The structure of comedy / Northrop Frye.