Mastering Shakespeare

Mastering Shakespeare covers in detail the plays set in the National Curriculum through GCSE and A-Level to the major elements of Shakespearean drama studied in further education courses.The book is divided into sections that deal with comedy, tragedy and history. Also included are detailed sections on the most popular plays in the theatre and in the examination room.The book deals with the basic themes of Shakespeare, the kinds of characters he created, the stories he was attracted to, and the ways in which the plays work out on stage. Among the plays studied are A Midsummer Night''s Dream , Merchant of Venice , Julius Caesar , Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet .>

List of contents

Shakespeare!
What Does It Mean?
Story, Time and Place
Characters
Words
Design
Dialogues
The Stage and Acting
What's It All About
Thinking
Studying
Some Comedies
The Problem Plays
Tragedy
Some Tragedies
The History Plays
Some Histories
The Roman Plays
The Late Plays.

About the author

RICHARD GILL teaches English at Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College, Leicester, UK, and teaches adults at the University of Leicester, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gill, Gill Richard
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.1998
• EAN: 9780333698730
• ISBN: 978-0-333-69873-0
• No. of pages: 398
• Series: Palgrave Master Series; MacMillan Master; Palgrave Master S; MacMillan Master
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies