From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome. This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical

Applies the recent `return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered

Classical Comedy- An Armoury of Laughter, Democracy's Bastion of Defence repudiates Aristotle's claim in Poetics, that tragedy was the jewel of fifth century de

Gathers comedies by Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence and discusses the background of each play

Contains: Women in power; Wealth; The malcontent; The woman from Samos.