Complete Works - RSC Shakespeare

"The text of any Shakespeare play is a living negotiable entity: scholarship and theatre practice work together to keep the plays alive and vividly present." - Greg Doran, RSC Artistic Director Emeritus Developed in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, this Complete Works of William Shakespeare combines exemplary textual scholarship with beautiful design. Curated by expert editors Sir Jonathan Bate and Professor Eric Rasmussen, the text in this collection is based on the iconic 1623 First Folio: the first and original Complete Works lovingly assembled by Shakespeare''s fellow actors, and the version of Shakespeare''s text preferred by many actors and directors today. This stunning revised edition goes further to present Shakespeare''s plays as they were originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed on stage. Along with new colour photographs from a vibrant range of RSC productions, a new Stage Notes feature documenting the staging choices in 100 RSC productions showcases the myriad ways in which Shakespeare''s plays can be brought to life. Now featuring the entire range of Shakespeare''s plays, poems and sonnets, this edition is expanded to include both The Passionate Pilgrim and A Lover''s Complaint . Along with Bate''s excellent general introduction and short essays, this collection includes a range of aids to the reader such as on-page notes explaining unfamiliar terms and key facts boxes providing plot summaries and additional helpful context. A Complete Works for the 21st century, this versatile and highly collectable edition will inspire students, theatre practitioners and lovers of Shakespeare everywhere.>

Product details

• Authors: Eric Rasmussen, William Shakespeare, William (Stratford-upon-Avon) Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Jonathan Bate (Editor), Professor Bate (Editor), De Jong et al Jonathan Bat (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor), Prof. Eric (USA) Rasmussen (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Prof.) (Editor), Rasmussen (Prof.) Jonathan Bate (Editor), Sir) (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2022
• EAN: 9781350319967
• ISBN: 978-1-350-31996-7
• No. of pages: 2532
• Dimensions: 212 mm x 262 mm x 78 mm
• Series: The RSC Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Theatre Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Later 16th century c 1550 to c 1599, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean