The Winter's Tale

Zusatztext 'Cleverly and clearly designed for study, notes and commentary appear on the same page as the text and the introduction encompasses the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts as well as a survey of critical approaches.' Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. John Pitcher is is Lecturer and Fellow in English at St. John's College, Oxford, UK. Klappentext One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the first Leontes is thrown into a jealous rage by his suspicions of his wife Hermione and his best-friend, and imprisons her and orders that her new born daughter be left to perish. The second half is a pastoral comedy with the "lost" daughter Perdita having been rescued by shepherds and now in love with a young prince. The play ends with former lovers and friends reunited after the apparently miraculous resurrection of Hermione. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. As the recent Sam Mendes production at the Old Vic shows, this is a play that can work a kind of magic in the theatre. Vorwort One of Shakespeare's late plays, The Winter's Tale falls into two distinct parts: the first part tragedy and the second, comedy. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. Zusammenfassung One of Shakespeare's late plays, The Winter's Tale falls into two distinct parts: the first part tragedy and the second, comedy. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance.

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Joh Pitcher (Editor), John Pitcher (Editor), Pitcher John (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.07.2010
• EAN: 9781903436356
• ISBN: 978-1-903436-35-6
• No. of pages: 476
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series; The Arden Shakespeare - Third Series; Arden Shakespeare; The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Educational: English Literature, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean