From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare''s much-loved comedy of the battle between the sexes
THIS EDITION INCLUDES:
• An illuminating introduction to
Much Ado About Nothing by award-winning scholar
Jonathan Bate• The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page
• A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play
• An introduction to Shakespeare''s career and the Elizabethan theatre
• A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productions
The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it.
This unique edition presents a historical overview of
Much Ado About Nothing in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and an actor –
Nicholas Hytner,
Marianne Elliott and
Harriet Walter – so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible, a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made ''our contemporary'' four centuries after his death.
Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare''s works for the twenty-first century.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
200 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2009-08-26 |
| ISBN |
9780230232105 |
