The Merchant

Informationen zum Autor Arnold Wesker F.R.S.L was knighted in 2006 for ‘services to drama’. He has written over forty-three plays, two opera libretti, various mechanical adaptations; four volumes of short stories, a children’s book, and a novel; two volumes of essays, an autobiography, a diary,and a book on journalism; and recently his first volume of poetry. His plays have been produced in cities from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo, from Paris to Moscow, from Montreal to Zurich, and The Kitchen – his most performed play has been performed yearly somewhere or other around the world for the last fifty years, and recently was revived by The National Theatre in 2011. Arnold Wesker was the recently featured in the Guardian ahead of revivals of his plays Chicken Soup With Barley (The Royal Court) and The Kitchen (The National Theatre): Guardian interview | Arnold Wesker Klappentext The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and commentary by Glenda Leeming. Vorwort The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking ofShakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and commentary byGlenda Leeming. Zusammenfassung The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and commentary by Glenda Leeming. Inhaltsverzeichnis Arnold Wesker

Product details

• Authors: Collectif, Glenda Leeming, Arnold Wesker
• Assisted by: Glenda Leeming (Editor), Leeming Glenda (Editor), Chris Megson (Editor), Jenny Stevens (Editor)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.2003
• EAN: 9780413516206
• ISBN: 978-0-413-51620-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Methuen Student Editions; Student Editions; Methuen Student Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights