This Volume of Sparkling Translations -- 'The Woman From Andros', Machiavelli's Version of Terence's Classic Comedy; 'The Mandrake', the Earliest and Perhaps Greatest Italian Theatrical Classic of All; and 'Clizia', a Work Inspired by Plautus' 'Casin' -- Brings to Life in English Plays Whose Racy Vernacular Language, Subtle Characterisation, and Innovative Dramatic Construction Preceded Shakespeare's Establishment of English-Speaking Theatrical Comedy by More Than a Half Century.