Measure for Measure

Informationen zum Autor Paul Edmondson is Head of Research and Knowledge for The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and a priest in The Church of England. Klappentext Measure for Measure generates much debate and is strikingly modern. This introductory guide offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performance, studies of influential performances, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading. Zusammenfassung Measure for Measure generates much debate and is strikingly modern. This introductory guide offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performance, studies of influential performances, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's Preface Preface The Text and Early Performances Commentary The Play's Sources and Cultural Context Key Productions and Performances The Play on Screen Critical Assessments Further Reading Index.

List of contents

General Editor's Preface.- Preface.- The Text and Early Performances.- Commentary.- The Play's Sources and Cultural Context.- Key Productions and Performances.- The Play on Screen.- Critical Assessments.- Further Reading.- Index.

Product details

• Authors: Edmondson, P Edmondson, P. Edmondson, Paul Edmondson, Stuart Hampton-Reeves, William Shakespeare
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2007
• EAN: 9781403944177
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4417-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Shakespeare Handbooks; Shakespeare Handbooks (Paperba; Shakespeare Handbooks; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern