SOURCE: McDonald, Russ. “Fear of Farce.” In “Bad” Shakespeare: Revaluations of the Shakespearean Canon, edited by Maurice Charney, pp. 77-90. Rutherford, N.J.: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1988.
In the essay that follows, McDonald uses his examination of The Comedy of Errors to highlight Shakespeare's effort to construct meaning in farce and to demonstrate Shakespeare's affinity for this genre.
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