King Richard III

Informationen zum Autor Janis Lull is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Klappentext This updated edition of King Richard III! one of ShakespeareâEUR(TM)s most perennially popular plays! contains a new introductory section on the most recent criticism and performances! including the RSC cycles of the history plays. LullâEUR(TM)s introduction stresses the importance of womenâEUR(TM)s roles in the play and emphasises its tragic themes. Zusammenfassung This second edition of King Richard III features a new introductory section by Janis Lull! which focuses on contemporary stage and film productions as well as recent scholarly criticism. Lull stresses the importance of women in the play but shows how female roles are often side-lined on stage and screen. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: History and meaning in Richard III; Richard III and Macbeth; Plot and language in Richard III; Richard III in performance; The audience in Richard III; Recent stage, film, and critical interpretations; Note on the text; List of characters; THE PLAY; Textual analysis; Appendix 1. The Q-only 'clock' passage; Appendix 2. The Plantagenet family tree; Reading list.

List of contents

From the contents: List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction
1. The play and its date
2. The coercive chorus
3. Context and sources
4. Structure and language
5. Staging and stage history; A note on the text; List of characters; The play; Textual analysis; Appendices; Reading list

Product details

• Authors: Janis Lull, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Janis Lull (Editor), Janis (University of Alaska Lull (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521735568
• ISBN: 978-0-521-73556-8
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 13 mm
• Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; The New Cambridge Shakespeare (NCS); The New Cambridge Shakespeare; The New Cambridge Shakespeare (NCS)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes; Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies