Sylvan Barnet

Eight Great Comedies Sylvan Barnet

Marc Notes: Originally published: [New York]: New American Library, [1958]; Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-[471]; The comedies: Aristophanes; The clouds, translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers -- Niccolo Machiavelli; Mandragola, translated by J. R. Hale -- William Shakespeare; Twelfth night -- Moliere; The miser, translated by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, and William Burto -- John Gay; The Beggars Opera -- Oscar Wilde; The importance of being earnest -- Anton Chekov; Uncle Vanya, translated by Marian Fell -- George Bernard Shaw; Arms and the man." Contributor Bio:  Barnet, Sylvan Barnet is former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University. Contributor Bio:  Burton, William About the Author: William Westbrook Burton studied violin and chamber music at The Juilliard School of Music. He subsequently moved to the United Kingdom, where he has worked with various orchestras including the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music, and Glyndebourne Touring Opera. As a writer hehas contributed to Music and Musicians and The Musical Times. Conversations About Bernstein is his first book.