The Island Princess - print on demand

Zusatztext I gladly recommend McManus’ edition of his work […] I am pleased to see a new, scholarly, well-annotated edition of this old work. Informationen zum Autor John Fletcher (1579-1625) was an English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont on at least six plays. They began working together in about 1607 and had their first success in 1609 with Philaster; or Love Lies Bleeding . After Beaumont's retirement in 1613, Fletcher became chief playwright for the King's Men; in addition to writing his own plays, he apparently collaborated with Shakespeare on three works: Two Noble Kinsmen , Henry VIII , and a lost play, The History of Cardenio . He also collaborated with Nathan Field, William Rowley and Philip Massinger , who succeeded him to the post of the King's Men's playwright in 1625. His own plays include the pastoral The Faithful Shepherdess (1608), the tragedy Bonduca (1613), and the comedies Wit Without Money (1614), The Wild Goose Chase (1621), and The Chances (1625), which was revived at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962. His work remained enormously popular until the end of the 17th century. Klappentext The Island Princess is a tragicomic romance set in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Fletcher rewrites Shakespeare's The Tempest through the encounter of Islam and Christianity and the fierce European competition for wealth at the farthest reaches of empire. The play also stages the degeneration of religious tolerance into fanaticism. This ground-breaking edition explores the play in its gendered, political, social and religious contexts whilst also finding its resonances for a twenty-first century audience. The critical introduction and on-page commentary notes create an ideal teaching text giving a comprehensive account of the play from both literary and performance perspectives. Vorwort A ground-breaking edition of an early modern play exploring of the clash of empire, religion and the battle for wealth and power. Zusammenfassung A ground-breaking edition of an early modern play exploring of the clash of empire, religion and the battle for wealth and power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - The Island Princess - Appendices - Further Reading - Index...

Product details

• Authors: John Fletcher, Fletcher John, Fletcher Mcmanus
• Assisted by: Suzanne Gossett (Editor), John Jowett (Editor), Clare Mcmanus (Editor), McManus Clare (Editor), Gordon Mcmullan (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9781904271536
• ISBN: 978-1-904271-53-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Arden Early Modern Drama; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Plays, playscripts, drama