2 Gentlemen of Verona

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare''s exuberant early comedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of The Two Gentlemen of Verona in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews withacclaimed directors David Thacker and Edward Hall- 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.>

List of contents

Introduction 
About the Text 
Key Facts 
The Two Gentlemen of Verona  
Textual Notes 
Scene-by-Scene Analysis 
The  Two Gentlemen of Verona  in Performance: The RSC and Beyond 
Four Centuries of  The Two Gentlemen of Verona : An Overview 
At the RSC 
The Director's Cut: Interviews with David Thacker and Edward Hall 
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre 
Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology 
Further Reading and Viewing 
References 
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits

About the author

Eric Rasmussen is a Professor and Chair of the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Bate, Jonathan (University of Oxford Bate, Eric Rasmussen, Prof. Eric (University of Nevada Rasmussen, Prof. Eric (USA) Rasmussen, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor), Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2011
• EAN: 9780230300910
• ISBN: 978-0-230-30091-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: The RSC Shakespeare; Royal Shakespeare Company; The RSC Shakespeare; Klorophile; Print on demand; Royal Shakespeare Company
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; B, Shakespeare, History, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616