As You Like It

Informationen zum Autor Eric Rasmussen is a Professor and Chair of the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK. Klappentext From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's journey into the Forest of Arden. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of As You Like It in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with important Shakespearean directors (Dominic Cooke and Michael Boyd) and a Shakespearean actor (Naomi Frederick) - providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century. Zusammenfassung From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's journey into the Forest of Arden. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction About the Text  Key Facts  As You Like It Textual Notes  Scene-by-scene Analysis  As You Like It  in Performance: the RSC and Beyond  Four Centuries of  As You Like It : An Overview  At the RSC  The Director's Cut: interviews with Dominic Cooke and Michael Boyd  Playing Rosalind: an interview with Naomi Frederick  Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre  Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology  Further Reading and Viewing  References  Acknowledgements and Picture Credits. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Bate, Bate Jonathan, Eric Rasmussen, William Shakespeare
• Mitarbeit: Jonathan Bate (Herausgeber), Eric Rasmussen (Herausgeber), William Shakespeare (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Red Globe Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780230243804
• ISBN: 978-0-230-24380-4
• Seiten: 200
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 202 mm x 12 mm
• Serien: The RSC Shakespeare; Royal Shakespeare Company; The RSC Shakespeare; Royal Shakespeare Company
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, Classic plays / drama